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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59608</law_id><section_number>29.1-738.1</section_number><catch_line>Analysis of breath to determine alcohol content of blood</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Boating Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Boating Safety</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who is suspected of a violation of subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc" href="/29.1-738/">29.1-738</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty" href="/29.1-738.02/">29.1-738.02</a> shall be entitled, if such equipment is available, to have a preliminary breath analysis for the purpose of obtaining an analysis of the probable alcohol content of his blood. The procedures and requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Preliminary analysis of breath to determine alcoholic content of blood" href="/18.2-267/">18.2-267</a> shall apply, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 726; 1996, c. 631.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
