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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63409</law_id><section_number>18.2-268.1</section_number><catch_line>Chemical testing to determine alcohol or drug content of blood; definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>16.1-69.48</reference><reference>18.2-267</reference><reference>18.2-268.12</reference><reference>18.2-269</reference><reference>18.2-271</reference><reference>18.2-272</reference><reference>29.1-738.2</reference><reference>46.2-341.18</reference><reference>8.01-44.5</reference><reference>9.1-501</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Driving Motor Vehicle, etc., While Intoxicated</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Implied consent to post-arrest testing to determine drug or alcohol content of blood" href="/18.2-268.2/">18.2-268.2</a> through <a class="law" title="Ordinances" href="/18.2-268.12/">18.2-268.12</a>, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
		The phrase &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">alcohol or drug</span>&#x201D; means alcohol, a drug or drugs, or any combination of alcohol and a drug or drugs.
		The phrase &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">blood or breath</span>&#x201D; means either or both.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Chief police officer</span>&#x201D; means the sheriff in any county not having a chief of police, the chief of police of any county having a chief of police, the chief of police of the city, or the sergeant or chief of police of the town in which the charge will be heard, or their authorized representatives.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Forensic Science.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Director</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Forensic Science.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">License</span>&#x201D; means any driver&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">license</span> as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Meaning of certain terms" href="/18.2-6/">18.2-6</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Ordinance</span>&#x201D; means a county, city or town <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 830; 2005, cc. 868, 881; 2020, cc. 1227, 1246.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
