Individuals qualified to administer chemical test and opportunity for additional test
N.D. Cent. Code § 20.1-15-03
in effect20.1-15-03. Individuals qualified to administer chemical test and opportunity for
additional test.
Only an individual medically qualified to draw blood, acting at the request of a game warden
or a law enforcement officer, may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcohol
concentration or presence of other drugs, or combination thereof, in the individual's blood. The
director of the state crime laboratory or the director's designee shall determine the qualifications
or credentials for being medically qualified to draw blood and shall issue a list of approved
designations, including medical doctor and registered nurse. This limitation does not apply to
the taking of a breath or urine specimen. The director of the state crime laboratory, or the
director's designee, shall electronically post a copy of the certified list of approved designations,
including medical doctor and registered nurse, with the state crime laboratory division of the
attorney general at the attorney general website and shall make the certified records required by
this section available for download in a printable format on the attorney general website. The
individual tested may have an individual of that individual's own choosing, who is medically
qualified to draw blood, administer a chemical test in addition to any administered at the
direction of a game warden or a law enforcement officer with all costs of the additional chemical
test to be the responsibility of the individual charged. The failure or inability to obtain an
additional chemical test by an individual does not preclude the admission of the chemical test
taken at the direction of a game warden or a law enforcement officer. Upon the request of the
individual who is tested, a copy of the operational checklist and test record of a breath sample
test or analytical report of a blood or urine sample test taken at the direction of the game warden
or law enforcement officer must be made available to that individual by the department or law
enforcement agency that administered the chemical test.
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