Only a physician or registered nurse acting at the request of a police officer may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content or the drug content thereof. This limitation shall not apply to the taking of a breath or urine specimen. The person tested may, in addition to submitting to the 2 tests administered at the direction of a police officer, also submit to a chemical test or tests administered to him by a physician, registered nurse, or other person of his own choosing who is qualified to administer such test or tests. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the admission of the tests taken at the direction of a police officer.
CREDIT(S)
(Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1017, Pub. L. 92-519, § 3; Sept. 14, 1982, D.C. Law 4-145, § 4(c), (f), 29 DCR 3138.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 40-503.
1973 Ed., § 40-1003.
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 101(c)(3) of Comprehensive Impaired Driving and Alcohol Testing Program Emergency Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-429, July 30, 2012, 59 DCR 9387).
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-145, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 50-1901.