55-10-407 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood Admissibility Failure to request test. - Tennessee Statutes

55-10-407. Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood Admissibility Failure to request test.

(a)  Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this chapter, the results of any test or tests conducted on the person so charged shall be admissible in evidence in a criminal proceeding.

(b)  Failure of a law enforcement officer to request the administering of a test or tests shall likewise be admissible in evidence in a criminal proceeding.

[Acts 1969, ch. 292, § 3; 1970, ch. 427, § 4; T.C.A., § 59-1046; Acts 2005, ch. 483, §§ 3, 4.]