§ 530. Restricted use licenses. A person whose driving license or\nprivilege of operating a motor vehicle in this state has been heretofore\nsuspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of section five hundred\nten of this chapter or whose driver's license or privilege has been\nrevoked pursuant to section three hundred eighteen of this chapter and\nfor whom the holding of a valid license is a necessary incident to his\nemployment, business, trade, occupation or profession, or to his travel\nto and from a class or course at an accredited school, college or\nuniversity or at a state approved institution of vocational or technical\ntraining or enroute to and from a medical examination or treatment as\npart of a necessary medical treatment for such participant or member of\nhis household, as evidenced by a written statement to that effect from a\nlicensed medical practitioner may thereafter apply for and may be issued\na restricted use license or if the holder of a license issued by another\njurisdiction valid for operation in this state, a restricted use\nprivilege of operating a motor vehicle in this state as provided herein.\n (1) The issuance of a restricted use license or privilege shall be in\nthe discretion of the commissioner of motor vehicles or his duly\nauthorized agent, who may require the applicant to attend a driver\nrehabilitation program specified by the commissioner, and shall be\nissued only after it is established to the reasonable satisfaction of\nthe issuing officer that a driving license or privilege is a necessary\nincident to the applicant's employment, business, trade, occupation or\nprofession, or to his travel to and from a class or course at an\naccredited school, college or university or at a state approved\ninstitution of vocational or technical training or enroute to and from a\nmedical examination or treatment as part of a necessary medical\ntreatment for such participant or member of his household, as evidenced\nby a written statement to that effect from a licensed medical\npractitioner and that a denial of such license or privilege would\ndeprive the person of his usual means of livelihood and thereby\nconstitute an unwarranted and substantial financial hardship on the\napplicant and his immediate family or would seriously impair such\nperson's ability to meet the requirements of his education.\n (2) Such license or privilege shall not be issued to a person who,\nwithin the four year period immediately preceding the date of\napplication, has been convicted within or without the state of homicide\nor assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, of\ncriminally negligent homicide or criminal negligence in the operation of\na motor vehicle resulting in death, or has been convicted within the\nstate of a violation of subdivision two of section six hundred of this\nchapter or of reckless driving. Such license or privilege shall not be\nissued to a person whose license or privilege, at the time of\napplication, is revoked pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (x)\nor (xi) of paragraph a of subdivision two of section five hundred ten of\nthis chapter. Such license or privilege shall not be issued to a person\nwhose license or privilege is suspended or revoked because of a\nconviction of a violation of subdivision one, two, two-a, three, four or\nfour-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a similar\noffense in another jurisdiction, or whose license or privilege is\nrevoked by the commissioner for refusal to submit to a chemical test\npursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred ninety-four of\nthis chapter. Such license or privilege shall not be issued to a person\nwho within the five year period immediately preceding the date of\napplication for such license or privilege has been convicted of a\nviolation of subdivision one, two, two-a, three, four or four-a of\nsection eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a similar\nalcohol-related offense in an
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