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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 100

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
10-309.

(a)  (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 16-205.1(C) OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE, [A] A person may not be compelled to
submit to a chemical analysis provided for in this subtitle.

(2) Evidence of chemical analysis is not
admissible if obtained contrary to its provisions.

(3) No inference or presumption concerning
either guilt or innocence arises because of refusal to
submit.

(4) The fact of refusal to submit is not
admissible in evidence at the trial.

(5) A PERSON SHALL BE COMPELLED TO SUBMIT TO A
COMPULSORY CHEMICAL TEST AS PROVIDED IN § 16-205.1(C) OF THE
TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE.

(b)  This subsection does not limit the provisions of
the vehicle laws regarding the consequences of refusal to
submit to a chemical test or tests.

(C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION PRECLUDES OR LIMITS
ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS WHICH IS
OBTAINED AS PROVIDED IN § 16-205.1(C) OF THE TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 3, 1982.

CHAPTER 101

(Senate Bill 606)

AN ACT concerning

Services for the Elderly -
Interagency Committee on Aging Services

FOR the purpose of altering the powers and duties of the
Director on Aging; creating the Interagency Committee
on Aging Services and providing powers and duties for
that committee; providing for a certain report; and
generally relating to services for the elderly.