I would recommend appealling it instead of waiting a year to re-apply. I had two dui's one form 2001 and one from 2008 both were misdemeanors. My timeline was the following:
Graduated from school September 2010
Passed NCLEX January 2011
Denied License March 2011
Wrote to the board that I wanted to appeal April 2011
Received Hearing date December 2011 (for July 2012)
Hired an attorney (January 2012)
Settled and was approved on probationary license (June 2012)
If you wait a year and then get denied again, that will put your wait time that much longer. If you only have one DUI and it was a misdemeanor that is all that was on your record, I am surprised you were denied? There were a few people in my class who had one dui and they were approved. I am so sorry you are having to go through this, I hope you will make the right decision, I know how hard and frustrating it can be. Believe me I lived it and I still feel like I need to pinch myself that this is over now. But I did not give up and I had faith that I knew that I had worked to hard and my dream was to become a nurse and I was not going to let anything get in my way. I was completely fine with the probation license, it was my fault for getting the 2 dui's in my past so I need to prove to them that will never happen again I will do whatever it is that ask me to do. Anyway, best of luck to you, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I would suggest if you do appeal, hire an attorney asap, maybe they can speed up the process also it helps with peace and mind as well.
Jul 8, '12 by octaviaMI would recommend appealling it instead of waiting a year to re-apply. I had two dui's one form 2001 and one from 2008 both were misdemeanors. My timeline was the following:
