Youth Alcohol Program Suspension
If under the age of twenty-one when arrested for OUI, he or she will incur an additional license loss. Under the age of eighteen will incur a one-year suspension, and those under the age of twenty-one but over eighteen years of age will receive a 180-day suspension. This suspension is known as the Youth Alcohol Program (YAP) suspension and is mandated by statute. The 180 days of the suspension shall be waived with proof of entry into the in-state First Offenders Program. Failure to complete the First Offenders Program will result in that individual receiving the entire YAP suspension back. By statute, the suspension runs on and after a suspension for chemical test refusal or an admin suspension. When advising your clients, it is important to be cognizant that a not guilty finding or dismissal of the OUI case has no bearing on the YAP suspension.