The results of chemical testing pertaining to blood or urine used to determine whether the person’s specimens contained alcohol or a drug or any combination thereof may be admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding if the chemical testing was performed at a forensic laboratory, hospital, other equivalent medical facility, or at a laboratory contracted by a hospital or medical facility to perform chemical testing for specimens supplied by the hospital or equivalent medical facility.
(Sept. 14, 1982, D.C. Law 4-145, § 3q-3; as added Apr. 20, 2013, D.C. Law 19-260, § 4(b), 60 DCR 1292.)
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-260 added this section.
Section 5 of D.C. Law 19-260 provided that the act shall apply as of the effective date of the Comprehensive Impaired Driving and Alcohol Breath Testing Program Amendment Act of 2012, signed by the Mayor on October 24, 2012 (D.C. Act 19-489; 59 DCR 12957), which became D.C. Law 19-266, effective April 27, 2013.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 22 - Regulation of Traffic
Subchapter III-A - Impaired Operating or Driving
§ 50–2206.51. Evidence of impairment
§ 50–2206.52. Admissibility of chemical test results
§ 50–2206.52b. Notification regarding admissibility of breath test results in a criminal proceeding
§ 50–2206.52c. Admissibility of chemical test results for a criminal proceeding; blood or urine
§ 50–2206.53. Prosecution and diversionary program
§ 50–2206.54. Assessment of alcohol or drug abuse and treatment
§ 50–2206.55. Revocation of permit or privilege to drive
§ 50–2206.56. Impounding of vehicle; release of vehicle; liability