(a) Only a physician, registered nurse, licensed vocational clinical laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory bioanalyst, or certified paramedic acting at the request of a peace officer may withdraw blood for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content therein. This limitation shall not apply to the taking of breath specimens. An emergency call for paramedic services shall take precedence over a peace officer's request for a paramedic to withdraw blood for determining its alcoholic content.Acertified paramedic shall not withdraw blood for this purpose unless authorized by his or her employer to do so.
(b) The person tested may, at his own expense, have a physician, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory bioanalyst, or any other person of his or her own choosing administer a test in addition to any test administered at the direction of a peace officer for the purpose of determining the amount of alcohol in his or her blood at the time alleged as shown by chemical analysis of his blood, breath, or urine. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the admissibility in evidence of the test taken at the direction of a peace officer.
(c) Upon the request of the person tested, full information concerning the test taken at the direction of the peace officer shall be made available to the person or the person's attorney.
(d) No physician, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory bioanalyst, or certified paramedic, or hospital, laboratory, or clinic employing or utilizing the services of the physician, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, duly licensed laboratory technologist or clinical laboratory bioanalyst, or certified paramedic, owning or leasing the premises on which such tests are performed, shall incur any civil or criminal liability as a result of the proper administering of a blood test when requested in writing by a peace officer to administer such a test.
(e) If the test given under Section 3605 is a chemical test of urine, the person tested shall be given such privacy in the taking of the urine specimen as will ensure the accuracy of the specimen and, at the same time, maintain the dignity of the individual involved.
(f) The appropriate law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with the State Department of Health Services or any other appropriate agency, shall adopt uniform standards for the withdrawal, handling, and preservation of blood samples prior to analysis.
(g) As used in this Section, "certified paramedic" does not include any employee of a fire department.
(Added by Ord. 399-82, App. 8/12/82)
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