CHEMICAL TESTS AS EVIDENCE
Salt Lake City Code § 12.24.110
in effect12.24.110: CHEMICAL TESTS AS EVIDENCE:
A. In any action or proceeding in which it is material to prove that a person was driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or with a blood alcohol content statutorily prohibited, the results of a chemical test or tests, as authorized under section 41-6-44.10, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, or its successor, shall be admissible as evidence.
B. If the chemical test was taken within two (2) hours of the alleged driving or actual physical control, the blood alcohol level of the person shall, at the time of the alleged driving or actual physical control, be presumed to have been not less than the level of the alcohol determined to be in the blood by the chemical test.
C. If the chemical test was taken more than two (2) hours after the alleged driving or actual physical control, the test result shall be admissible as evidence of the person's blood alcohol level at the time of the alleged driving or actual physical control, but the trier of fact shall determine what weight shall be given to the result of the test.
D. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not prevent a court from receiving otherwise admissible evidence as to a defendant's blood alcohol level, or of other violations of this title, at the time of the alleged driving or actual physical control.
E. This section was enacted to be in harmony with and in substance the same as section 41-6-44.5, Utah Code Annotated, as amended, or its successor. (Prior code § 46-6-106)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-52566Fetched: 11/1/2026