2016 Iowa Code
Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 321J - OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED
Section 321J.7 - Dead or unconscious persons.

IA Code § 321J.7 (2016) What's This?

321J.7

Dead or unconscious persons.

A person who is dead, unconscious, or otherwise in a condition rendering the person incapable of consent or refusal is deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by section 321J.6, and the test may be given if a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner certifies in advance of the test that the person is unconscious or otherwise in a condition rendering that person incapable of consent or refusal. If the certification is oral, a written certification shall be completed by the physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner within a reasonable time of the test.

86 Acts, ch 1220, §7; 97 Acts, ch 147, §4; 97 Acts, ch 177, §13; 2005 Acts, ch 49, §1

Referred to in §321J.8, §321J.10

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