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2000 SESSION

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HB 1171 Blood samples taken by emergency room personnel.

Introduced by: L. Preston Bryant, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Blood samples taken by emergency room personnel. Provides that a hospital blood sample may serve as information a law enforcement officer may use to determine probable cause for DUI arrest of a driver involved in an accident. The officer may then obtain from the treating physician, with his concurrence, another blood sample for Virginia lab analysis. The bill relieves hospital personnel from civil liability, in the absence of negligence, for following the officer's directions.

FULL TEXT

• 01/24/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 001348652  pdf
• 02/13/00  House: Committee substitute printed 003187652-H1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/24/00  House: Presented & ordered printed 001348652
• 01/24/00  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/00  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/13/00  House: Committee substitute printed 003187652-H1
• 02/13/00  House: Read first time
• 02/13/00  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
• 02/14/00  House: Read second time
• 02/14/00  House: Committee substitute agreed to 003187652-H1
• 02/14/00  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 003187652-H1
• 02/15/00  House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N)
• 02/15/00  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 11-N)
• 02/15/00  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/16/00  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/00  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 03/05/00  Senate: Continued to 2001 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)