2011 California Code
Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 10. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT [11000 - 11651]
ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous Offenses and Provisions
Section 11373

(a) Whenever any person who is otherwise eligible for probation is granted probation by the trial court after conviction for a violation of any controlled substance offense under this division, the trial court shall, as a condition of probation, order that person to secure education or treatment from a local community agency designated by the court, if the service is available and the person is likely to benefit from the service.

If the defendant is a minor, the trial court shall also order his or her parents or guardian to participate in the education or treatment to the extent the court determines that participation will aid the education or treatment of the minor.

If a minor is found by a juvenile court to have been in possession of any controlled substance, in addition to any other order it may make, the juvenile court shall order the minor to receive education or treatment from a local community agency designated by the court, if the service is available and the person is likely to benefit from the service, and it shall also order his or her parents or guardian to participate in the education or treatment to the extent the court determines that participation will aid the education or treatment of the minor.

(b) The willful failure to complete a court ordered education or treatment program shall be a circumstance in aggravation for purposes of sentencing for any subsequent prosecution for a violation of Section 11353, 11354, or 11380. The failure to complete an education or treatment program because of the person s inability to pay the costs of the program or because of the unavailability to the defendant of appropriate programs is not a willful failure to complete the program.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 185, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)