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Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test; Submission to Chemical Tests; Exception; Effects of - R.S. 32:666 | Uncategorised
A. (1)(a)(i) When a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a person has violated R.S. 14:98, 98.1, or any other law or ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated, that person may not refuse to submit to a chemical test or tests if he has refused to submit to such test or tests on two previous and separate occasions of any previous such violation or in any case wherein a fatality has occurred or a person has sustained serious bodily injury in a crash involving a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance. Serious bodily injury means bodily injury which involves unconsciousness, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, or a substantial risk of death. The law enforcement officer shall direct that a chemical test or tests be conducted of a person's blood, urine, or other bodily substance, or perform a chemical test of such person's breath, for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content of his blood and the presence of any abused substance or controlled substance as set forth in R.S. 40:964 in his blood in such circumstances. The officer may direct a person to submit to a breath test, and if indicated, an additional blood test for the purpose of testing for the presence of alcohol, abused substances, and controlled dangerous substances. A refusal of any such test or tests shall result in the suspension of driving privileges as provided by the provisions of this Part. A physician, physician assistant, registered nurse, emergency medical technician, chemist, nurse practitioner, or other qualified technician shall perform a chemical test in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 32:664 when directed to do so by a law enforcement officer.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 273, § 14. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 632, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 194, § 1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 816, § 1; Acts 1987, No. 338, § 1; Acts 1992, No. 671, § 1; Acts 1993, No. 987, § 1; Acts 1997, No. 1296, § 3, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1297, § 1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 1146, § 1; Acts 2001, No. 808, § 1; Acts 2003, No. 533, § 1; Acts 2003, No. 543, § 2; Acts 2004, No. 218, § 1; Acts 2007, No. 413, § 1; Acts 2008, No. 240, § 1; Acts 2012, No. 592, § 1.