The Secretary of State requires that a person maintain one year of abstinence from alcohol and drugs before applying to get their license back.

A Request for a Hearing form will need to be completed prior to your evaluation at J & A (pp. 1–7). You can find the Request for a Hearing form on our website. Please fill it out accurately and completely, as you will need to send it in with your packet to the Secretary of State. Dates included in the Request for a Hearing form must be as accurate as possible and must not be left blank.

You must go to the Secretary of State and request a copy of your Master Driving Record and submit it with your paperwork to our office.

You will need to provide 3 to 6 letters of support from people who can verify your length of abstinence from alcohol and drugs and the lifestyle changes you have made. You can find a list of information needed for letter writers on our website under Community Support Letters. The support letters you receive will need to be notarized before you send them to the Secretary of State.

You can submit any other documentation that supports your abstinence from alcohol and drugs, such as program completion certificates, support group meeting attendance, probation/parole discharges, etc.

If you are taking prescribed medications for pain or a mental health condition, you will need your doctor to complete a Physician’s Statement required by the Secretary of State. You can download the Physician’s Statement from our website. If you are taking multiple medications, please obtain a list of your medications from your pharmacy.

If you have a medical marijuana card, you will need to provide proof of it. You will also need to document why you are using medical marijuana and provide the name of the doctor who prescribed it.

If you have a breathalyzer installed in your vehicle, please obtain a copy of the most recent BAIID report from your interlock provider and include it with your paperwork. It would also be very helpful if you provided the evaluation completed when you obtained your restricted license for consistency purposes. If the evaluation was completed at J & A Counseling, we have a copy of your initial Secretary of State evaluation.

If you are being referred by an attorney, please have their office email all of your paperwork to hsbartlett@jacounseling.com prior to scheduling an appointment.

Once you have all of your paperwork completed, you can bring it to our office Monday–Thursday between 9 AM and 3 PM. Urine screen testing is available Monday–Friday from 5 AM to 7:30 AM and Saturday–Sunday from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM. You will need to complete a urine screen and schedule an appointment for the Substance Abuse Evaluation required by the Secretary of State.

If you do not plan to complete a urine screen at our office, please provide a copy of your Secretary of State-compliant urine screen with the rest of your requested paperwork.

Payment for the evaluation is required at this time. If you are completing a urine screen at another facility, please provide a copy of the results with your paperwork.

If you have questions after reading this, please call our office at 989-631-4092.