2006 New Hampshire Statutes - Section 265:84 Implied Consent of Driver of Motor Vehicle to Submit to Testing to Determine Alcohol Concentration.

    Any person who drives a vehicle upon the ways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent to physical tests and examinations for the purpose of determining whether such person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs, and to a chemical, infrared molecular absorption or gas chromatograph test or tests of any or all of any combination of the following: blood, urine, or breath, for the purpose of determining the controlled drug content of such person's blood or alcohol concentration if arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs or while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or in the case of a person under the age of 21, 0.02 or more. The test or tests shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle upon the ways of this state while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs or while having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or in the case of a person under the age of 21, 0.02 or more. A copy of the report of any such test shall be furnished by the law enforcement agency to the person tested within 48 hours of receipt of the report by the agency by certified mail directed to the address shown on such person's license or other identification furnished by the person. Results of a test of the breath shall be furnished immediately in writing to the person tested by the certified breath testing operator conducting the test. When the incident involves an accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury to any person as provided in RSA 265:93, the prerequisites of RSA 265:87 shall not apply.

Source. RSA 262-A:69-a. 1965, 238:1. 1969, 119:2. 1971, 64:1; 213:1. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 19:1; 373:12. 1989, 353:14. 1992, 258:5. 1993, 342:1, 9. 1995, 64:2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.