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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79291</law_id><section_number>46.2-341.26:1</section_number><catch_line>Use of chemical tests to determine alcohol or drug content of blood of commercial driver; definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-271</reference><reference>46.2-341.25</reference><reference>46.2-341.27</reference><reference>46.2-341.31</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6.1">Commercial Driver's Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Implied consent to post-arrest chemical test to determine alcohol or drug content of blood of commercial driver" href="/46.2-341.26_2/">46.2-341.26:2</a> through <a class="law" title="Substantial compliance" href="/46.2-341.26_11/">46.2-341.26:11</a>, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
		The phrase &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">alcohol or drug</span>&#x201D; means alcohol, 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.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 830; 2005, cc. 868, 881.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
