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Ch. 14
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1046
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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21-902. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, ABILITY IMPAIRED, OR
UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
(A) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANY
VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.
(B) DRIVING WHILE ABILITY IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL.
A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANY
VEHICLE WHILE HIS DRIVING ABILITY IS IMPAIRED BY THE
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.
(C) DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL.
(1) A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE ANY VEHICLE WHILE HE IS SO FAR UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF ANY DRUG, ANY COMBINATION OF DRUGS, OR ANY COMBINATION
OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL THAT HE CANNOT DRIVE A VEHICLE
SAFELY.
(2) IT IS NOT A DEFENSE TO ANY CHARGE OF
VIOLATING THIS SUBSECTION THAT THE PERSON CHARGED IS OR
WAS ENTITLED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE TO USE THE
DRUG, COMBINATION OF DRUGS, OR COMBINATION OF DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL, UNLESS THE PERSON WAS UNAWARE THAT THE DRUG OR
COMBINATION WOULD MAKE HIM INCAPABLE OF SAFELY DRIVING A
VEHICLE.
(E) DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF CONTROLLED
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.
A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANY
VEHICLE WHILE HE IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY CONTROLLED
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN ARTICLE
27, §279 OF THE CODE, IF THE PERSON IS NOT ENTITLED TO
USE THE CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE UNDER THE LAWS OF
THIS STATE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §11-902.
Throughout this section, present references to
a person "in actual physical control" of a
vehicle are deleted as redundant in light of
the definition of "drive" in §11-114 of this
article. See revisor's note to that section.
Subsection (c)(2) of this section is revised
to clarify its application only to the
provisions of subsection (c) (1) and not, as
presently - but erroneously - implied, to any
charge brought under "this section".
As to evidentiary requirements for violations
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