Idaho Code § 49-303 Which Persons Shall Not Be Licensed

• Library: Idaho Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Idaho Code § 49-303

The department shall not issue any driver's license, any instruction permit, privileges or right to drive and, if issued, may revoke or cancel the driver's license of a person who:

(1) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D driver's license, is under the age of seventeen (17) years, except that the department may issue a driver's license to any person who has successfully completed an approved driver's training course, who has completed the requirements of a class D supervised instruction permit, and who is at least fifteen (15) years of age, with driving privileges restricted to daylight hours only [except as provided in] pursuant to section 49-307(9), Idaho Code, and with full privileges at sixteen (16) years of age. [The restriction of daylight hours only shall mean that period of time one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.] If a person who is at least fifteen (15) years but is under seventeen (17) years of age has successfully completed an approved driver's training course and has been issued a driver's license in another state, he may be issued a class D driver's license in this state. Provided however, that a restricted school attendance driving permit may be issued to those persons meeting the criteria set forth in section 49-307A, Idaho Code.

(2) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D driver's license, is under the age of seventeen (17) years and has not successfully completed an approved driver's training course and has not satisfied the requirements of a class D supervised instruction permit. Provided however, that a restricted school attendance driving permit may be issued to those persons meeting the criteria set forth in section 49-307A, Idaho Code.

(3) As an operator of a commercial vehicle requiring a class A, B or C driver's license, is under the age of eighteen (18) years.

(4) Applicants with less than one (1) year of driving experience, as evidenced by a previous driver's license, shall not be issued a class A, B or C driver's license or a class A, B or C instruction permit.

(5) As a driver, has had his license, class D instruction permit, restricted school attendance driving permit, privileges or right to drive suspended for the duration of the suspension, nor to any person who has had his class D driver's training instruction permit or class D supervised instruction permit canceled for the duration of the cancellation, nor to any person whose license has been revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified by this state or any other jurisdiction; provided however, where a driver's license has been revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified in any other jurisdiction, and the driver has completed the period of revocation, suspension, cancellation or disqualification as specified by the jurisdiction, that person may be granted a class D driver's license in this state if five (5) years have elapsed from the time of eligibility for reinstatement in the other jurisdiction, even though the driver has not fulfilled the requirements for reinstatement in the other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a person who has had his noncommercial Idaho driver's license suspended may renew his driver's license as provided in section 49-319, Idaho Code, which renewal shall be subject to the suspension.