As specified in section III of the International Standards of the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program~ all drug recognition experts must be recertified every two years following original certification.

A DRE shall demonstrate continuing proficiency by:

(1) Performing a minimum of four (4) acceptable evaluations since the date of last certification~ all of which shall be reviewed and approved by a certified DRE instructor and one (1) of which shall be witnessed by a certified DRE instructor. These evaluations may be performed on subjects suspected of drug and/or alcohol impairment or during classroom simulations; and

(2) Completing a minimum of eight hours of IACP recertification training since the date of the DRE’s most recent certification~ which may alternatively be presented in two sessions of no less than four hours~ and which shall be consistent with any IACP standards for such training; and

(3) Presenting an updated resume and rolling log to the agency coordinator or his designee for review.

A certified DRE instructor shall maintain instructor certification so long as DRE certification is maintained. This recertification will be valid for two years from the DRE’s last expiration date.

PLEASE NOTE: According to the revised Standards~ if you choose to grant a one-year extension (formerly the “grace period”)~ the DRE will be allowed up to a year to complete recertification~ but the status of the DRE’s certification will NOT be active.

If a DRE is not going to be recertified and that record needs to be removed from our active database~ please fill out the “DRE UPDATE FORM” and email to (rm_holt@frontiernet.net) or fax to 931-456-6638 so that we may update our records.