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2022 Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.
Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.
Section 32-5A-196 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective August 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 32-5A-196 (2022)
Section 32-5A-196
Law enforcement witness testimony regarding impairment based on results of horizontal gaze nystagmus test.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for purposes of prosecutions under Section 32-5A-191, a law enforcement witness may give testimony solely on the issue of impairment, and not on the issue of specific alcohol or drug concentration levels, based on the results of a horizontal gaze nystagmus test when the test is administered in accordance with the individual's training and administered by an individual who has successfully completed training in the horizontal gaze nystagmus test.
(Act 2021-498, §3.)
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