What is a "B-Card" Restricted License?

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Minnesota's driver's license laws enables the Department of Public Safety to impose restrictions upon a licensee to "assure safe operation." Under DPS rules, a person whose driver's license has been cancelled and denied for a third impaired driving violation within ten years (or fourth in a lifetime), and who has successfully completed treatment and "rehabilitation," may apply for a restricted driver's license, a "B-Card," provided that the person signs a sworn abstinence statement, agreeing to never again consume alcohol or any controlled substance (not even in a religious service, in medication, in any other manner or amount, irrespective of whether or not the consumption involved driving).

Any violation of this abstinence restriction of the B-Card results in immediate cancellation of the driver's license.

Under DPS rules, the minimum period of time to establish rehabilitation for which the person must prove total abstinence, is:

• one year for the first rehabilitation;
• three years for the second rehabilitation; and
• six years for the third or subsequent rehabilitation.

It is only after successfully completing rehabilitation that the offender may apply for a B-Card license.

The abstinence restriction of a person's B-Card remains in effect and on the person's driving record permanently. However, the abstinence language printed on the back of the license card may be removed upon request after 10 years if there has been no violation of the abstinence provision during that time.

For a free consultation on the B-Card restricted license, call me for a free legal consultation at 952-224-4848.

Douglas V. Hazelton, Attorney at Law
Northland Plaza Bldg., Suite 1590
3800 American Boulevard
Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone: 612-334-3342
FAX: 952-543-3902

E-mail:dvhazelton@aol.com
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