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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 100

CHAPTER 100

(Senate Bill 626)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Compulsory Chemical Tests for Alcohol

FOR the purpose of providing that certain persons detained
for certain intoxicant related motor vehicle violations
and involved in certain accidents involving or bodily
injury, shall be compelled to submit to certain
chemical tests for alcohol; providing for the
admissibility into evidence of certain compelled tests
for alcohol; providing that certain medical personnel
completing certain tests are not liable for civil
damages under certain circumstances; clarifying
language; and generally relating to mandatory chemical
tests for alcohol under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 16-205.1(b) and (c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 10-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Transportation

16-205.1.

(b) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION, [A] A person may not be compelled to take a
chemical test for alcohol, however, the detaining officer
shall advise him that on receipt of a sworn statement from
the officer that the driver was so charged and refused to
take a chemical test for alcohol, the Administration shall:

[(1)] (I) In the case of a driver licensed under
this title, suspend his driver's license for a period of not
less than 60 days nor more than 6 months; or