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Committee approves clarification allowing health-care providers to refuse law-enforcement blood draws absent court order
Summary
House Bill 391 passed the committee clarifying that qualified health-care providers may refuse law-enforcement requests to draw blood from suspected impaired drivers unless a court order requires the draw, the sponsor said.
The House Health Committee voted to give House Bill 391 a favorable report after the sponsor said the measure clarifies previous law about when a paramedic or other qualified health-care provider may be required to draw blood at law-enforcement request.
Representative Rigsby told the committee that prior language had been interpreted to mean providers must draw…
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