The New York State Conditional License

If you qualify for a New York conditional license or conditional driving privilege, you will be allowed to legally drive within certain limitations.

Once you enroll in Impaired Driver Program (IDP) and accept a conditional license, you must complete the course and any required clinical assessment or treatment in order to keep your conditional license.

What a conditional license allows you to do:

A conditional license allows you to drive:

to and from your place of employment
for work if your job requires you to drive a motor vehicle
to and from a the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles for Conditional license or IDP purposes
to and from any place where you have a class or activity that is part of the IDP
to and from an accredited school, college or university where you are enrolled
to and from activities ordered by the court (i.e. meetings with probation)
during an assigned period of three consecutive hours between 5 am and 9 pm once a week – the assigned period will not be changed unless this privilege is amended
to and from a medical appointments for you or a member of your household – you must carry a written statement from your licensed medical practitioner as evidence, and show it to any police officer who asks to see it
to and from a child’s school/day care if the child’s attendance at the school/day care is necessary for you to maintain employment or enrollment to an accredited school.

Upon enrollment, a Conditional License/Driving Privilege Attachment (MV-2020) will be issued to you with the conditional license/privilege.