The provisional driver's license provision must include a mandatory requirement that the applicant enroll in an Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program certified by the Office of Substance Use Services and successfully complete services pursuant to the requirements specified in Section 56-5-2990. If the applicant fails to complete successfully the services as directed by the Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program, the Office of Substance Use Services shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles, the provisional driver's license issued by the department must be revoked, and the suspension imposed for the full period specified in Section 56-5-2990, which shall begin on date of notification to the individual.

HISTORY: 1975 (59) 66; 1976 Act No. 637; 1981 Act No. 178 Part II SECTION 7; 1982 Act No. 355, SECTION 2; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, SECTION 39A; 1988 Act No. 658, Part II, SECTION 38A; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1348; 1996 Act No. 459, SECTION 119; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, SECTION 11.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.