The third alcohol incident must occur within how many days of the previous incident?

• A. 14 days
• B. 30 days
• C. 7 days
• D. 90 days

Answer: (C)

The key idea here is how incidents are grouped when evaluating a pattern of alcohol-related misconduct. The rule uses a short time window between incidents to decide whether three events are part of a continuing sequence that warrants escalation.

Seven days is the window that makes the pattern noticeable quickly. If incidents happen within seven days of each other, they’re treated as a rapid recurrence, which prompts faster intervention and potentially stronger actions. If the third incident occurs more than seven days after the previous one, it breaks that tight pattern, and the sequence may not trigger the same level of response because the events aren’t considered as closely linked.

The other options are simply longer spans. A 14-, 30-, or 90-day gap allows more time between incidents, which tends to separate them as individual occurrences rather than a single ongoing pattern, reducing the immediacy of escalation.