Adrian Peterson is scheduled to start community service Wednesday in Texas and undergo counseling to determine whether the exiled Minnesota Vikings running back has a drug problem, according to court documents.

Peterson is required to report monthly to Montgomery County probation officials and submit to drug testing after plea bargaining a felony child abuse charge down to misdemeanor reckless assault for whipping his 4-year-old son with a switch last year.

District Judge Kelly Case listed 17 conditions Peterson must fulfill within two years to have his criminal conviction expunged from his record.

Among them are assessments by probation officials to determine whether Peterson needs parenting classes.

Case also ordered Peterson to pay for drug tests “to determine the existence of a drug dependence condition and to determine an appropriate course of conduct necessary for the rehabilitation … if there is a dependence.”

A positive drug test would be considered a violation of his probation, Case wrote in his deferred adjudication judgment and order.

After Peterson admitted during an Oct. 8 pre-trial urinalysis to “smoking a little weed,” District Attorney Brett Ligon asked Case to jail Peterson for allegedly violating bond conditions barring him from using drugs.

His drug test results were not disclosed, and the prosecutor’s motion was set aside Nov. 4 when Peterson negotiated a plea agreement with Ligon.

Peterson’s probation requires him to allow random visits by his community supervision officer at his home near Houston and to submit to property searches by police without a warrant, according to Case’s order.

Peterson was fined $4,000 and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service, including 40 that he can satisfy with a public service announcement on child discipline.

Beginning Wednesday, he also must complete at least 16 hours of community service monthly, a rate that would allow him to fulfill his obligations before the start of 2015 training camp.

It is uncertain when Peterson can resume his career and whether it will be in Minnesota.

He is suing the National Football League in federal court to overturn the season-ending suspension NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell levied Nov. 18.

Peterson missed nine games while on the commissioner’s-exempt list before Goodell suspended him for the final six games of the 2014 season and ruled he could not apply for reinstatement until April 15.

Goodell harshly criticized Peterson’s decision to use corporal punishment on his son and ordered him to submit to a psychological examination by a league-appointed physician and fulfill prescribed therapy before being considered for reinstatement.

Peterson and the NFL Players Association contend Goodell’s mandate exceeded his authority to discipline players under the collective bargaining agreement. They have asked U.S. District Judge David Doty to overturn an arbitrator’s ruling upholding Goodell’s suspension.

Peterson is expected to attend the Feb. 6 hearing before Doty in Minneapolis. It would be his first public appearance in Minnesota since he was indicted Sept. 11 — four days after the Vikings’ 2014 season-opening victory at St. Louis.

Peterson has a high hurdle to clear if he hopes to prevail. Federal law limits judicial review of labor arbitration awards.

Vikings general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer have supported Peterson publicly and said they want him to rejoin the team.

Doty essentially is Peterson’s final hope to thwart the NFL and be reunited with the Vikings. The judge is expected to rule within a month of the hearing. Free agency commences March 10, when teams start shaping their 2015 rosters.

Peterson, 29, is under contract for $12.75 million next season. The Vikings are prevented from communicating or negotiating with their one-time franchise player during his suspension.

Peterson’s court-ordered probation in Texas is unaffected by his legal fight with the NFL. Among the conditions Case ordered Peterson to meet:

— Commit no offense against the laws of Texas or any other state.

— Avoid injurious or vicious habits.

— Not use or consume controlled substances.

— Avoid persons and places of disreputable or harmful character.

— Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as possible.

— Support his dependents.

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