The state of Florida does not issue licenses nor permits for operating boats; rather, anyone born on or after January 1, 1988, must complete an approved boating safety course and obtain a Boating Safety Education ID card issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). A person operating a boat who is convicted of BUI may have his or her boating privilege suspended. To win that privilege back he or she must complete certain educational requirements and turn those documentations into the proper authorities so that, upon a subsequent boating stop, the officer conducting the stop knows that he or she may legally operate that boat.