Impaired Driver Program and Conditional License
The Impaired Driver Program (IDP) is ordered at sentencing and is a seven-week course that meets once per week for approximately two to three hours per session. It costs approximately $225. You may be referred for an alcohol and/or substance abuse evaluation through IDP but as long as you provide proof that you completed an evaluation and any recommended treatment program, you should have already satisfied this requirement.
While you are in the IDP and during your license suspension, you should be eligible to hold a post-conviction conditional license. This license costs $75 plus tax. If this is your first alcohol-related conviction, it is possible that you can have the suspension end at the time you complete the IDP. Ask the IDP instructor about this possibility when you are done with the program.
For additional information in regard to the IDP and conditional license, you can visit the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles website at https://dmv.ny.gov/tickets/impaired-driver-program-alcohol-drug-rehabilitation-program