Idaho

For Idaho, suspension threshold is a violation point count of twelve (12) or more points in any consecutive twelve (12) month period; statute or rule citation is Idaho Code 49-326(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

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What the source says

MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER’S LICENSES 49-326. Authority of department to suspend, disqualify or revoke driver’s license and privileges. (1) If the court has not ordered the suspension of a license or privileges, the department is authorized to suspend, disqualify or revoke the license or privileges of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the driver: (a) Has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation, suspension or disqualification of license or privileges is required upon conviction, court order or administrative action; (b) Has been convicted in any court in this state of an offense against a municipal ordinance which would have been grounds for suspension, revocation or disqualification of his driver’s license or privileges had the charge been prosecuted under a state law; (c) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle; 1. Any person who in the opinion of the department, based upon recommendation of the person’s personal physician, is afflicted with or subject to any condition which brings about momentary or prolonged lapses of consciousness or control, which is or may become chronic, or when the person is suffering from a physical or mental disability or disease serving to prevent him from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating it upon the streets and highways, or any person who is unable to understand highway signs, warning, regulating or directing traffic, is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle. 2. Any person who shall not have minimum visual acuity with or without corrective lenses of 20/40 in at least one (1) eye as determined by the Snellen system or other available systems is incompetent to operate a motor vehicle, however, the department shall have the authority to license such person upon the recommendation of an ophthalmologist or qualified physician and upon passage of a skills test. At 20/70 or more in both eyes with or without corrective lenses the department may suspend the driver’s license and privileges. Any person who applies for or receives any type of tax, welfare or other benefits or exemptions for the blind shall be presumed incompetent to operate a motor vehicle. This presumption can be overcome by any person whose vision can be corrected to a visual acuity of 20/40 or better in one (1) eye as documented by a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist. 3. Any person, department, or political subdivision of the state of Idaho who receives an application for any type of tax, welfare, aid or other benefits or exemptions for the blind shall immediately forward the name, address, sex, date of birth, and date of application of the applicant to the department. 4. Any physician who has reason to believe that a patient is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle as defined in this subsection, may submit a report to the department. Before submitting a report, a physician should notify the patient or the patient’s family of the physician’s concerns about the patient’s ability to drive. If the physician submits a report, the physician shall provide a copy of the report to the patient or to a member of the patient’s family. If a physician submits a report in good faith, no professional disciplinary procedure, no monetary liability and no cause of action may arise against the physician for submission of the report; (d) Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of a driver’s license; (e) Has committed an offense in another state or jurisdiction as evidenced by a conviction, court order or administrative action, which if committed in Idaho would be grounds for suspension, disqualification or revocation; (f) Has been convicted of the offense of reckless driving, or fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, and providing that the operating privilege shall be suspended for a period of thirty (30) days upon conviction and providing further, that if a second conviction occurs within a two (2) year period of time from the time of the first conviction, the suspension shall be for ninety (90) days, and if a third conviction shall occur within a three (3) year period of time from the time of the first conviction, the period of suspension shall be for one (1) year; (g) Has failed to satisfy a judgment as set forth in <https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title49/T49CH12> chapter 12, title 49 , Idaho Code; (h) Has failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility as set forth in <https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title49/T49CH12> chapter 12, title 49 , Idaho Code; (i) Has a driving record which shows a violation point count of twelve (12) or more points in any consecutive twelve (12) month period;

— legislature.idaho.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19

Source

• legislature.idaho.govhttps://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title49/T49CH3/SECT49-326/

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