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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82349</law_id><section_number>29.1-738.3</section_number><catch_line>Presumptions from alcohol or drug content</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>In any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for operating a watercraft or <span class="dictionary">motorboat</span> that is underway in violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) 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 of a similar <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of any county, city or town, the amount of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> at the time of the alleged <span class="dictionary">offense</span> as indicated by a chemical analysis of a sample of the <span class="dictionary">accused</span>&#x2019;s blood or breath to determine the alcohol or drug content of his blood (i) in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Consent to blood or breath test" href="/29.1-738.2/">29.1-738.2</a> or (ii) performed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Forensic Science in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Qualifications and liability of persons authorized to take blood sample; procedure for taking samples" href="/18.2-268.5/">18.2-268.5</a>, <a class="law" title="Transmission of blood samples" href="/18.2-268.6/">18.2-268.6</a>, and <a class="law" title="Transmission of blood test samples; use as evidence" href="/18.2-268.7/">18.2-268.7</a> on the suspect&#x2019;s whole blood drawn pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">search warrant</span> shall give rise to the rebuttable <span class="dictionary">presumptions</span> of subdivisions A 1 through 4 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Presumptions from alcohol or drug content of blood" href="/18.2-269/">18.2-269</a>.</p></section></text><history>1989, c. 726; 1995, c. 130; 2005, c. 616; 2017, c. 623.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
