WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor
available only to the Administration, the courts, criminal
justice agencies, and the defendant or his attorney. However, a
record or notation of a probation before judgment, OR A FIRST
OFFENSE OF DRIVING WITH AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.10 OR MORE
UNDER § 16-205.1 OF THIS ARTICLE, may not be received or
considered by the courts until a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere is made by the defendant or a finding of guilty is
made by the court.
(3) These records or notations shall be made so that
they are readily available for consideration by the
Administration of any license renewal application and at any
other suitable time.
(4) Accident reports and abstracts of court
convictions pertaining to driving an emergency vehicle, if
received by a person who was driving an emergency vehicle
pursuant to the provisions of § 21-106 of this article, shall be
segregated by the Administration and shall be available only to
the Administration.
(5) Except as provided in this section, an employee
of the Administration may not disclose any records or information
regarding probation before judgment, OR A FIRST OFFENSE OF
DRIVING WITH AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.10 OR MORE UNDER §
16-205.1 OF THIS ARTICLE.
16-205.1.
(a) Any person who drives or attempts to drive a motor
vehicle on a highway or on any private property that is used by
the public in general in this State is deemed to have consented,
subject to the provisions of §§ 10-302 through 10-309, inclusive,
of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, to take a
[chemical] test to determine the alcohol [content of his blood]
CONCENTRATION OF THE PERSON'S BLOOD OR BREATH AND TESTS TO
DETERMINE THE DRUG CONTENT OF THE PERSON'S BODY if [he] THE
PERSON should be detained on suspicion of driving or attempting
to drive while intoxicated, while under the influence of alcohol,
WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, WHILE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, or in
violation of an alcohol restriction.
(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, a person may not be compelled to take [a chemical] ANY
test for alcohol OR DRUGS. However, the detaining officer shall
advise [him] THE PERSON that, on receipt of a sworn statement
from the officer that the [driver] PERSON was so charged and
refused to take a [chemical] test for alcohol OR DRUGS OR BOTH
OR WAS TESTED AND THE RESULT INDICATED AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION
OF 0.10 OR MORE, the Administration shall:
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