(A) Except as otherwise provided in R.C. § 4510.07 or in any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code, whenever an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any provision of this code that is substantially equivalent to a provision of the Ohio Revised Code, and a court is permitted or required to suspend a person’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit for a violation of that provision, a court, in addition to any other penalties authorized by law, may suspend the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or non resident operating privileges for the period of time the court determines appropriate, but the period of suspension imposed for the violation of the provision of this code shall not exceed the period of suspension that is permitted or required to be imposed for the violation of the provision of the Ohio Revised Code to which the provision of this code is substantially equivalent.
(R.C. § 4510.05)
(B) Whenever a person is found guilty under the laws of this state or any ordinance of any political subdivision of this state, of operating a motor vehicle in violation of any such law or ordinance relating to reckless operation, the trial court of any court of record, in addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, may impose a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in R.C. § 4510.02(A)(5).
(C) Suspension of a commercial driver’s license under this section shall be concurrent with any period of suspension disqualification under R.C. § 3123.58 or 4506.16. No person who is disqualified for life from holding a commercial driver’s license under R.C. § 4506.16 shall be issued a driver’s license under R.C. Chapter 4507 during the period for which the commercial driver’s license was suspended under this section, and no person whose commercial driver’s license is suspended under this section shall be issued a driver’s license under R.C. Chapter 4507 during the period of the suspension.
(R.C. § 4510.15)
(Prior Code, § 408.03, 698.07)