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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="16-404" future_version_removed="true" title_number="16" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Drivers' Licenses" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Refusal, Suspension, and Revocation Under Point System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall take the following actions for points accumulated within any 2–year period:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Send a warning letter to each individual who accumulates 3 points;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Require attendance at a driver improvement program conducted under § 16–212 of this title by each individual who accumulates 5 points, except that a Class A, B, or C licensee who submits evidence acceptable to the Administration that he is a professional driver may not be called in until he accumulates 8 points; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided in § 16–405 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Suspend the license of each individual who accumulates 8 points; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Revoke the license of each individual who accumulates 12 points.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in § 16–405 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>If an individual accumulates 8 points, the Administration shall issue a notice of suspension; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If an individual accumulates 12 points, the Administration shall issue a notice of revocation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each notice shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be personally served or sent by certified mail, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>State the duration of the suspension or revocation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Advise the individual of his right, within 10 days after the notice is sent (Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excepted), to file a written request for a hearing before the Administrator.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless a hearing is requested, each notice of suspension or revocation is effective at the end of the 10–day period after the notice is sent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An initial suspension may not be for less than 2 days nor more than 30 days; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any subsequent suspension may not be for less than 15 days nor more than 90 days.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, the following suspension periods may apply to a suspension for an accumulation of points under § 16–402(a)(29) of this subtitle for a violation of § 21–902(b) or (c) of this article or a suspension imposed under § 16–404.1(f)(1)(iii) of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For a first conviction, not more than 6 months;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For a second conviction at least 5 years after the date of the first conviction, not more than 9 months;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>For a second conviction less than 5 years after the date of the first conviction or for a third conviction, not more than 12 months; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>For a fourth or subsequent conviction, not more than 24 months.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration may issue a restrictive license for the period of the suspension to an individual who participates in the Administration’s Ignition Interlock System Program under § 16–404.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Administration may issue a restrictive license for the period of the suspension and any additional time required under § 16–404.2 of this subtitle to an individual who participates in the Administration’s Intelligent Speed Assistance System Pilot Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>This subsection does not limit the authority of the Administration to issue a restrictive license or modify a suspension imposed under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the holder of a provisional driver’s license who is under the age of 18 years accumulates 5 or more points in a 12–month period, the Administration shall suspend the individual’s driver’s license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For a first offense, for 6 months; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For a second or subsequent offense, for 1 year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual subject to a license suspension under this subsection may request a hearing as provided for a suspension or revocation under Title 12, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
