Restricted licenses after suspension — South Carolina Permit Test

Restricted licenses after suspension on the South Carolina permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

The provisional driver's license is not available for any DUI or DUAC that takes place on or after May 19, 2024.

For a DUI on or after May 19, 2024, a provisional license is no longer one of the ways back to driving.

The provisional DL is not available for any DUI or DUAC that takes place on or after May 19, 2024.
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.25

To be eligible for a provisional license after a first-offense DUI or DUAC, you must be enrolled in the Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program (ADSAP).

Tying any early return to driving to treatment addresses the drinking that caused the offense.

You must be enrolled in the Alcohol and Drug Safety Action Program (ADSAP).
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.25

A route-restricted license lets you drive to and from your place of employment, college or residence, ADSAP, or a court-ordered drug program.

It keeps a suspended driver able to work and attend treatment without restoring general driving.

To and from your place of employment, college, or residence
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.26

You must keep a copy of your approved route with you while driving on a route-restricted license.

An officer needs to see the approved route to know whether you are where the license lets you be.

You must keep a copy of the approved route with you while driving.
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.26

A route-restricted license is valid for the length of the suspension.

It is a stand-in for the suspended license, so it lasts exactly as long as the suspension does.

Your route-restricted license is valid for the length of the suspension.
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.26

You may receive only 1 route-restricted license in your lifetime for a suspension for failure to stop for a blue light.

Fleeing a police car is serious enough that the relief is granted once and never again.

You may only receive one route-restricted license in your lifetime for the following suspensions:
South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.26

On the test

Can a driver get a provisional license for a first DUI committed in 2025?

No, not after May 19, 2024. For a DUI on or after May 19, 2024, a provisional license is no longer one of the ways back to driving. South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.25: “The provisional DL is not available for any DUI or DUAC that takes place on or after May 19, 2024.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against South Carolina Driver's Manual, published by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.