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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:
| 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 (prior to July 1, 2010): | |
| 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) | after 60 days |
| Wisconsin operating while intoxicated (OWI) type violations (on or after July 1, 2010): | |
| Blood alcohol content (BAC) | no waiting period |
| OWI or Prohibited Alcohol Concentration (PAC): | |
| First | no waiting period |
| Second or more | after 45 days |
| Causing injury while intoxicated under s.346.63(2) | 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 |
* If there are two OWI-type violations within any five-year period in the driver's history, the wait time will be one year.
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Call: (608) 266-2261
Last modified: August 30, 2011
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