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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72166</law_id><section_number>46.2-341.26:5</section_number><catch_line>Qualifications and liability of persons authorized to take blood samples; procedure for taking samples</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-341.26:6</reference><reference>46.2-341.27</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>For purposes of this article, only a physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, phlebotomist, graduate laboratory technician or a technician or nurse designated by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> acting on the recommendation of a licensed physician, using soap and water, polyvinylpyrrolidone iodine, pvp iodine, povidone iodine or benzalkonium chloride to cleanse the part of the body from which the blood is taken and using instruments sterilized by the accepted steam sterilizer or some other sterilizer which will not affect the accuracy of the test, or using chemically clean sterile disposable syringes, shall withdraw blood for the purpose of determining its alcohol or drug content. It is a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> to reuse single-use-only needles or syringes. No civil liability shall attach to any <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized by this section to withdraw blood as a result of the act of withdrawing blood from any <span class="dictionary">person</span> submitting thereto, provided the blood was withdrawn according to recognized medical procedures. However, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall not be relieved from liability for <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> in the withdrawing of any blood sample.
		No <span class="dictionary">person</span> arrested for a violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc" href="/46.2-341.24/">46.2-341.24</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving commercial motor vehicle with any alcohol in blood" href="/46.2-341.31/">46.2-341.31</a> shall be required to execute in favor of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or corporation a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> or release of liability in connection with the withdrawal of blood or as a condition <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> to the withdrawal of blood as provided for in this section.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 830; 2004, cc. 150, 440.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
