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Senate considers bill clarifying when police can order blood draws after hospital incident
Summary
Senators debated House Bill 43, a bill clarifying blood-draw procedures after an incident in which a nurse was handcuffed while refusing a police order. Sponsors said the bill emphasizes warrants as the default and repeats existing authorized-drawer language in a new section of statute 77-23-213.
House Bill 43, introduced on the Senate floor, sought to clarify when law enforcement may order or obtain blood samples and which personnel may lawfully draw blood.
Sponsors framed the measure in the context of a recent University of Utah Hospital episode in which a nurse was handcuffed after refusing an officer’s order to withdraw blood from an unconscious patient. Senator Weiler (sponsor) told colleagues the…
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