2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 15 - Licensing of Drivers
1534 - Notice of acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.

     § 1534.  Notice of acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative
                Disposition.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), if
     a person is arrested for any offense enumerated in section 1532
     (relating to revocation or suspension of operating privilege)
     and is offered and accepts Accelerated Rehabilitative
     Disposition under general rules, the court shall promptly notify
     the department.
        (b)  Exception.--If a person is arrested for any offense
     enumerated in section 3802 (relating to driving under influence
     of alcohol or controlled substance) and is offered and accepts
     Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition under general rules, the
     court shall promptly notify the department. The department shall
     maintain a record of the acceptance of Accelerated
     Rehabilitative Disposition for a period of ten years from the
     date of notification. This record shall not be expunged by order
     of court or prior to the expiration of the ten-year period.
        (c)  Expungement.--Immediately following the expiration of
     the ten-year period, the department shall expunge the record of
     the acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition. The
     department shall not require an order of court to expunge the
     record.
        (d)  Exceptions to expungement.--The department shall not be
     required to expunge the record of acceptance of Accelerated
     Rehabilitative Disposition if:
            (1)  during the ten-year period, the department revokes
        the operating privileges of a person pursuant to section 1542
        (relating to revocation of habitual offender's license); or
            (2)  the person was a commercial driver at the time of
        the violation causing the disposition.
     (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 15, 1982,
     P.L.1268, No.289, eff. 30 days; Sept. 30, 2003, P.L.120, No.24,
     eff. Feb. 1, 2004)

        2003 Amendment.  Act 24 amended subsec. (b) and added
     subsecs. (c) and (d).