Section 10-305 - Chemical test for alcohol, drug or controlled dangerous substance content - Type of test administered. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-305. Chemical test for alcohol, drug or controlled dangerous substance content - Type of test administered.
 

(a)  Alcohol content.- The type of test administered to the defendant to determine alcohol concentration shall be the test of breath except that the type of test administered shall be: 

(1) A test of blood if: 

(i) The defendant is unconscious or otherwise incapable of refusing to take a test to determine alcohol concentration; 

(ii) Injuries to the defendant require removal of the defendant to a medical facility; 

(iii) The equipment for administering the test of breath is not available; or 

(iv) The defendant is required to submit to a test of one specimen of blood under § 16-205.1(c)(1)(ii) of the Transportation Article; or 

(2) Both a test of the person's breath and a test of one specimen of the person's blood if the defendant is required to submit to both a test of the person's breath and a test of one specimen of the person's blood under § 16-205.1(c)(1)(iii) of the Transportation Article. 

(b)  Drug or controlled dangerous substance content.- The type of specimen obtained from the defendant for the purpose of a test or tests to determine drug or controlled dangerous substance content shall be a blood specimen. 

(c)  Person incapable of test refusal.- Any person who is dead, unconscious, or otherwise in a condition rendering him incapable of test refusal shall be deemed not to have withdrawn consent. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 35, § 100; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1981, ch. 240; 1983, ch. 289; 1989, ch. 284; 1990, ch. 413; 2000, ch. 629; 2004, ch. 468.]