§ 50-1902 Implied consent to blood-alcohol content or blood-drug content tests; administration; accidents
§ 50-1902. Implied consent to blood-alcohol content or blood-drug content tests; administration; accidents.
(a) Any person, other than one described in subsection (b) of this section, who operates a motor vehicle within the District shall be deemed to have given his or her consent, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to 2 chemical tests of the person's blood, urine, or breath, for the purpose of determining blood-alcohol content or the blood-drug content. The arresting police officer or any other appropriate law enforcement officer shall elect which chemical test shall be administered to the person; provided, that the person may object to a particular test on valid religious or medical grounds. The tests shall be administered at the direction of a police officer who, having arrested such person for violation of law, has reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle within the District while that person's alcohol concentration is 0.08 grams or more either per 100 milliliters of blood or per 210 liters of breath or is 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of urine, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or any combination thereof, or while the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of intoxicating liquor, or while that person's blood, urine, or breath contains any measurable amount of alcohol if the person is under 21 years of age.
(b) Any person who operates or who is in physical control of a motor vehicle within the District and who is involved in a motor vehicle accident shall submit, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to 2 chemical tests of the person's blood, urine, or breath for the purpose of determining blood-alcohol content or blood-drug content whenever a police officer arrests such person for a violation of law and has reasonable grounds to believe such person to have been operating or in physical control of a motor vehicle within the District while that person's alcohol concentration is 0.08 grams or more either per 100 milliliters of blood or per 210 liters of breath or is 0.10 grams or more per 100 milliliters of urine, or while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or any drug or any combination thereof, or while the ability to operate a motor vehicle is impaired by the consumption of intoxicating liquor, or while that person's blood, urine, or breath contains any measurable amount of alcohol if the person is under 21 years of age. The arresting police officer or other appropriate law enforcement officer shall elect which chemical test shall be administered to the person; provided, that the person may object to a particular test on valid religious or medical grounds.
(c) The Mayor shall collect and maintain in aggregate form data on persons tested for blood-alcohol content pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) of this section. A report containing this information shall be transmitted to the Chairman of the Council by July 14, 2000. The report shall also:
(1) Contain data on the age, sex, measured content of alcohol in blood, urine, or breath, number of test refusals for tested persons, and number of licenses revoked;
(2) Compare the number of persons who were tested or refused to be tested in the one year period following April 13, 1999 with these statistics for the immediately preceding one year period; and
(3) Contain the number of arrests made pursuant to § 50-2205.02(2), during the one year period following April 13, 1999 and for the one year period immediately preceding April 13, 1999.