Arizona legal term
Treatment in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Treatment” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Arizona criminal code.
What does “Treatment” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Treatment" means a program consisting of at least twenty hours of participation in a group setting dealing with alcohol or other drugs in addition to the sixteen hours of education. (A.R.S. § 28-1301)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Cruelty to animals
- Duty to give information and assistance
- Duty to report abuse, physical injury, neglect and denial or deprivation of medical or surgical care or nourishment of minors
- Escape in the second degree
- Prostitution
- Unlawful disclosure of images depicting states of nudity or specific sexual activities
- Cruel and inhumane confinement of a pig during pregnancy or of a calf raised for veal
- Manslaughter
- Negligent homicide
- Sexual misconduct
- Stalking
- Unlawful patient brokering
Related terms in the same statutes
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