§45-28-82.24. Admission into program.

(a) Admittance into the pretrial diversion program shall be in the sole discretion of the district attorney. To assist the district attorney in the decision to admit the offender into the pretrial diversion program, the district attorney, prior to the offender being admitted into the pretrial diversion program or as a part of the district attorney’s evaluation process, may require an offender to furnish to the district attorney information concerning past criminal history, education history, work history, family history, medical or psychiatric treatment history, psychological tests, or any other information concerning the offender which the district attorney believes is applicable to determine whether the offender should be admitted into the pretrial diversion program.

(b) The district attorney may require the offender to submit to any test or evaluation process the district attorney deems appropriate in evaluating the offender for admittance into the pretrial diversion program. The costs of any test or evaluation shall be paid by the offender or as otherwise agreed to or provided for by this subpart.

(Act 2011-606, p. 1342, §5.)