2020 Indiana Code
Title 9. Motor Vehicles
Article 27. Traffic Safety and Driver Education Programs
Chapter 5. Toxicology Accident Research
9-27-5-4. Collection of Specimens
Sec. 4. (a) The director of the state department of toxicology, in conjunction with the office of traffic safety, may require the appropriate agencies to collect the necessary specimens to the maximum extent practicable from the body of each driver and pedestrian who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and who dies within four (4) hours after involvement in an accident.
(b) To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with legal rights, a quantitative test must also be conducted on each surviving driver in an accident that involves a fatality or that results in serious bodily injury in a manner consistent with IC 9-30-7.
(c) Specimens or reports collected under this section must consist of those items prescribed by the director of the department of toxicology and must include sufficient data to approximate the blood alcohol concentration of the driver or pedestrian at the time of the accident.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-6-7-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.15.
