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Subchapter 2: Chemical Analysis of Body Substances
5-65-201. Rules and regulations.
The Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services may promulgate rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
5-65-202. Implied consent.
(1) The person is arrested for any offense arising out of an act alleged to have been committed while the person was driving while intoxicated or driving while there was an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person’s breath or blood;
(3) At the time the person is arrested for driving while intoxicated, the law enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person, while operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle, is intoxicated or has an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person’s breath or blood.
5-65-203. Administration.
(a) One (1) or more chemical tests authorized in § 5-65-202 shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable cause to believe the person to have been operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated or while there was an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more in the person’s breath or blood.
(b) (1) The law enforcement agency by which the law enforcement officer is employed shall designate which chemical test or chemical tests shall be administered, and the law enforcement agency is responsible for paying any expense incurred in conducting the chemical test or chemical tests.
(2) If the person tested requests that additional chemical test or chemical tests be made, as authorized in § 5-65-204(e), the cost of the additional chemical test or chemical tests shall be borne by the person tested, unless the person is found not guilty in which case the arresting law enforcement agency shall reimburse the person for the cost of the additional chemical test or chemical tests.
5-65-204. Validity — Approved methods.
(a) (1) ”Alcohol concentration” means either:
(b) (1) (A) A chemical analyses made to determine the presence and amount of alcohol of a person’s blood, urine, or breath to be considered valid under the provisions of this act shall be performed according to a method approved by the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or by an individual possessing a valid permit issued by the division for this purpose.
(2) However, a method of chemical analysis of a person’s blood, urine, or other bodily substance made by the State Crime Laboratory for determining the presence of one (1) or more controlled substances or any intoxicant is exempt from approval by the division or the State Board of Health.
(c) To be considered valid under the provisions of this section, a chemical analysis of a person’s blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance for determining the alcohol content of the blood or breath shall be performed according to a method approved by the board.
(d) (1) When a person submits to a blood test at the request of a law enforcement officer under a provision of this section, blood may be drawn by a physician or a person acting under the direction and supervision of a physician.
(3) (A) No person, institution, or office in this state that withdraws blood for the purpose of determining alcohol or controlled substance content of the blood at the request of a law enforcement officer under a provision of this chapter shall be held liable for violating any criminal law of this state in connection with the withdrawing of the blood.
(e) (1) The person tested may have a physician or a qualified technician, registered nurse, or other qualified person of his or her own choice administer a complete chemical test in addition to any chemical test administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
5-65-205. Refusal to submit.
(a) (1) If a person under arrest refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer to submit to a chemical test designated by the law enforcement agency, as provided in § 5-65-202, no chemical test shall be given, and the person’s motor vehicle operator’s license shall be seized by the law enforcement officer, and the law enforcement officer shall immediately deliver to the person from whom the motor vehicle operator’s license was seized a temporary driving permit, as provided by § 5-65-402.
(1) (A) (i) Suspension for one hundred eighty (180) days for the first offense of refusing to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or controlled substance content of the person’s blood or breath.
(ii) (a) However, if the office allows the issuance of an ignition interlock restricted license under § 5-65-118, the ignition interlock restricted license shall be available immediately.
(B) The office, in addition to any other penalty, shall deny to that person the issuance of an operator’s license until that person has been issued an ignition interlock restricted license for a period of six (6) months;
(2) Suspension for two (2) years, during which no restricted permit may be issued, for a second offense of refusing to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for the purposes of determining the alcohol or controlled substance content of the person’s blood or breath within five (5) years of the first offense;
(3) Revocation for three (3) years, during which no restricted permit may be issued, for the third offense of refusing to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or controlled substance content of the person’s blood within five (5) years of the first offense; and
(4) Lifetime revocation, during which no restricted permit may be issued, for the fourth or subsequent offense of refusing to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or controlled substance content of the person’s blood or breath within five (5) years of the first offense.
(d) In order to determine the number of previous offenses to consider when suspending or revoking the arrested person’s driving privileges, the office shall consider as a previous offense any of the following that occurred within the five (5) years immediately before the current offense:
5-65-206. Evidence in prosecution.
(a) In any criminal prosecution of a person charged with the offense of driving while intoxicated, the amount of alcohol in the defendant’s breath or blood at the time or within four (4) hours of the alleged offense, as shown by chemical analysis of the defendant’s blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance gives rise to the following:
(1) If there was at that time an alcohol concentration of four hundredths (0.04) or less in the defendant’s blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance, it is presumed that the defendant was not under the influence of intoxicating liquor; and
(2) If there was at the time an alcohol concentration in excess of four hundredths (0.04) but less than eight hundredths (0.08) by weight of alcohol in the defendant’s blood, urine, breath, or other bodily substance, this fact does not give rise to any presumption that the defendant was or was not under the influence of intoxicating liquor, but this fact may be considered with other competent evidence in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
(d) (1) (A) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a record or report of a certification, rule, evidence analysis, or other document pertaining to work performed by the Office of Alcohol Testing of the Department of Health under the authority of this chapter shall be received as competent evidence as to the matters contained in the record or report in a court of this state, subject to the applicable rules of criminal procedure when duly attested to by the Director of the Office of Alcohol Testing of the Department of Health or his or her assistant, in the form of an original signature or by certification of a copy.
(B) A document described in subdivision (d)(1)(A) of this section is self-authenticating.
(2) However, the instrument performing the chemical analysis shall have been duly certified at least one (1) time in the last three (3) months preceding arrest, and the operator of the instrument shall have been properly trained and certified.
(3) Nothing in this section is deemed to abrogate a defendant’s right to confront the person who performs the calibration test or check on the instrument, the operator of the instrument, or a representative of the office.
(4) The testimony of the appropriate analyst or official may be compelled by the issuance of a proper subpoena by the party who wishes to call the appropriate analyst or official given ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing or trial, in which case the record or report is admissible through the analyst or official, who is subject to cross-examination by the defendant or his or her counsel.
(e) When a chemical analysis of a defendant’s blood, urine, or other bodily substance is made by the State Crime Laboratory for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of one (1) or more controlled substances or any intoxicant, other than alcohol, in any criminal prosecution under § 5-65-103, § 5-65-303, or § 5-10-105, the provisions of § 12-12-313 govern the admissibility of the chemical analysis into evidence rather than the provisions of this section.
5-65-207. Alcohol testing devices.
(a) (1) Any instrument used to determine the alcohol content of the breath for the purpose of determining if the person was operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated or with an alcohol concentration of eight hundredths (0.08) or more shall be so constructed that the analysis is made automatically when a sample of the person’s breath is placed in the instrument, and without any adjustment or other action of the person administering the analysis.
(c) (1) The State Board of Health may adopt appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the intent and purposes of this section, and only instruments approved by the board as meeting the requirements of this section and regulations of the board shall be used for making the breath analysis for determining alcohol concentration.
(2) (A) The Department of Health specifically may limit by its rules the types or models of testing devices that may be approved for use in Arkansas for the purposes set forth in this section.
(B) The approved types or models shall be specified by manufacturer’s name and model.
(d) Any law enforcement agency that conducts alcohol testing shall maintain full compliance with this section.
5-65-208. Collisions — Testing required.
(a) (1) When the driver of a motor vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in loss of human life or when there is reason to believe death may result, in addition to a penalty established elsewhere under state law, a chemical test of the driver’s blood, breath, or urine shall be administered to the driver, even if fatally injured, to determine the presence of and percentage of concentration of alcohol or the presence of drugs, or both, in the driver’s body.
(b) (1) The law enforcement agency that investigates the collision, the physician in attendance, or any other person designated by state law shall order the chemical test as soon as practicable.
(2) (A) The medical personnel who conducted the chemical test under subsection (a) of this section of the driver’s blood, breath, or urine shall forward the results of the chemical test to the Department of Arkansas State Police, and the department shall establish and maintain the results of the analyses required by subsection (a) of this section in a database.
(c) The results of the analyses required by this section shall be reported to the department and may be used by state and local officials for statistical purposes that do not reveal the identity of the deceased person or for any law enforcement purpose, including prosecution for the violation of any law.