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DUI Laws in PA – 75 Pa.C.S. 3802
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Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled Substances in PA
Pennsylvania law, at 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802, addresses the crime of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled Substances. Under PA law:
1. An individual may not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle after imbibing a sufficient amount of alcohol such that the individual is rendered incapable of safely driving, operating or being in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle.
2. An individual may not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle after imbibing a sufficient amount of alcohol such that the alcohol concentration in the individual’s blood or breath is at least 0.08%, but less than 0.10% within two hours after the individual has driven, operated or been in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle.
DUI High Rate of Alcohol – 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802(b)
An individual may not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle after imbibing a sufficient amount of alcohol such that the alcohol concentration in the individual’s blood or breath is at least 0.10%, but less than 0.16% within two hours after the individual has driven, operated or been in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle.
DUI Highest Rate of Alcohol – 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802©
Controlled Substances Under the PA DUI Law
Pennsylvania law also prohibits driving under the influence of controlled substances. Under PA law, at 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802(d) – DUI Controlled Substances, an individual may not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle under any of the following circumstances:
1. There is in the individual’s blood any amount of a: (i) Schedule I Controlled Substance; (ii) Schedule II Controlled Substance; or (iii) metabolite of a substance under subparagraph (i) or (ii).
DUI Law for Minors in PA – 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802(e)
DUI Commercial or School Vehicles – 75 Pa. C.S. § 3802(f)
1. After the individual has imbibed a sufficient amount of alcohol such that the alcohol concentration in the individual’s blood or breath is: (i) 0.04% or greater within two hours after the individual has driven, operated or been in actual physical control of the movement of a commercial vehicle other than a school bus or vehicle; or (ii) 0.02% or greater within two hours after the individual has driven, operated or been in actual physical control of the movement of a school bus or school vehicle.
3. While the individual is under the influence of a controlled substance or a combination of controlled substances as defined in section 1603 (relating to definitions).
4. While the individual under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled substance or combination of controlled substances, as defined in section 1603.
Exception to Two-Hour Rule: notwithstanding the above, where alcohol or controlled substance concentration in an individual’s blood or breath is an element of the offense, evidence of such alcohol or controlled substance concentration more than two hours after the individual has driven, operated or been in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle is sufficient to establish that element of the offense under the following circumstances:
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