Utah Code Title 78A. Judiciary and Judicial Administration § 78A-5-305. Policies and procedures for a veterans treatment court

(a) integrate alcohol-treatment, drug-treatment, and mental-health services with the defendant's criminal case;

(b) use a nonadversarial approach in which prosecutors and defense attorneys promote public safety while protecting due-process rights of defendants;

(c) exercise early identification of eligible defendants;

(d) provide access to a continuum of alcohol-treatment, drug-treatment, mental-health treatment, and other related treatment and rehabilitation services;

(e) monitor defendants for abstinence from alcohol and drugs by frequent testing;

(f) direct a coordinated strategy that responds to each defendant's needs;

(g) provide ongoing judicial interaction with each defendant;

(h) monitor and evaluate the achievement of goals;

(i) continue interdisciplinary education to promote effective veterans treatment court planning, implementation, and operations; and

(j) forge partnerships between the veterans treatment court and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Justice Outreach Program, the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, public agencies, and community-based organizations to generate local support and enhance the effectiveness of the veterans treatment court.