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Required waiting periods for occupational license eligibility

Check your eligibility to reinstate your driving privilege.

Check your eligibility for an occupational license if your license has been suspended or revoked.

Some revocation/suspension cases require that you serve a mandatory waiting period before you are eligible for an occupational license. The waiting period begins on the effective date of your revocation/suspension case.

If you have multiple revocation/suspension cases, you must serve all waiting periods. The waiting period may vary depending on your previous driving history and the reason for the current revocation/suspension. 

All  revocation/suspension cases require a 15-day waiting period except the following:

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Cases:	Wait period:
Demerit points	no waiting period
Underage alcohol operation	no waiting period
HTO or Repeat HTO (RHT) under Ch. 351	after two (2) years
Drug convictions:
First	no waiting period
Second	after 60 days
Third or more	after 90 days
Nonpayment of child support	no waiting period
Wisconsin operating while intoxicated (OWI) type violations:
Blood alcohol content (BAC)	no waiting period
OWI or Prohibited Alcohol Concentration (PAC):
First	no waiting period
*Second	after 60 days
*Third or more	after 90 days
Causing injury while intoxicated under s.346.63(2) (358 KB)	after 60 days
Implied Consent refusals:
First	after 30 days
*Second	after 90 days
*Third or more	after 120 days
Negligent homicide under s.940.09  or great bodily harm under s.940.25	after 120 days

*The wait time to obtain an occupational license is one year if there are two OWI-type violations within any five-year period in the driver's history.

If you have questions:

• E-mail: driverinformation.dmv@dot.state.wi.us
• Call: (608) 266-2261

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Last modified: March 11, 2008