Substance use disorder (alcohol, drugs or medication)
If your driver's licence was suspended for a substance use disorder (alcohol, drugs or medication), you must prove that you can dissociate driving from substance use in order to reacquire your licence.
Through a medical examination, a physician or a specialized nurse practitioner can establish a diagnosis of substance use disorder in connection with alcohol, drugs or medication, which will be indicated in a medical report that will be sent to us.
After analyzing the medical report and your driving record, we will notify you in writing of our decision.
If we decide to suspend your driver’s licence, what does that mean?
It means your licence is no longer valid and you can no longer drive.
If you drive with a suspended licence, you face:
- a fine of $300 to $600, in addition to legal and administrative costs
- the seizure and impoundment of the vehicle you were driving for 30 days (the vehicle will be towed and impounded at the owner’s expense)
Step 1
Show that you are in long-term remission:
- Submit a document signed by your health care specialist that confirms the long-term remission.
OR
Undergo the program to assess and reduce the risk of impaired driving (PERRCCA)
What you have to do
- Register.
- Pay the assessment fees.
- Meet with an assessment specialist.
- Undergo a 7- to 9-month supervision plan and meet the objectives set out by the assessment specialist.
- Once the process has been completed, show that your consumption habits are not incompatible with your ability to safely drive a vehicle.
- Read the assessment report you will be sent, a copy of which we will also receive.
- Costs
Program to assess and reduce the risk of impaired driving
- Comprehensive assessment: $710 + taxes
Alcohol ignition interlock device
- Installation fee: $50 + taxes
- Monthly rental fee: $61 + taxes
- Removal of the device and cost to close the file: $0
Form
Step 2 – Wait for our decision
After analyzing the assessment report, your driving record and your state of health, we will send you a letter to inform you of our decision whereby:
- you will be authorized to drive; or
- your licence suspension will be upheld
If you disagree with our decision, you have 60 days to contest it by filing an application for review to our Service de la révision or before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec
If you wish to drive during your assessment
You may apply for a licence bearing Condition X (voluntary), which requires you to only drive a vehicle that is equipped with an alcohol ignition interlock device.
Contact us to check whether you meet these conditions
Québec area: 418-643-5506
Elsewhere (Québec, Canada, United States): 1-800-561-2858
Last update: July 17, 2025