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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sunil says:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>”</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Like other states, </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Idaho</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> has
'Implied consent.' That means if you drive on our roads, it's implied
that you have already consented to providing a breath, alcohol, or urine sample
if you are arrested for DUI. <br>
<br>
Someone in </span></font><st1:place><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Southern Idaho</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> got
picked up, and taken to the hospital after refusing to provide a blood
sample. Officer gets a nurse to get a sample, while guy is lying
handcuffed on a gurney. (Our courts have said it's okay to get this
sample by force, if the driver won't willingly provide it.)<br>
<br>
Officer asks for a urine sample, which the driver refuses to provide.
Officer then orders the nurse to catheterize the driver for a sample, which is
done.<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>”</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now, I don’t know about the case you
speak of in </span></font><st1:place><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>South Idaho</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, but I do know that up here the nurses won’t go to that
extent.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>First off, there is a
modicum of privacy when you are in a hospital (I’m sure HIPAA has
something to do with it), and secondly, none of them want to testify in court. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>As </span></font><st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>EMS</span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> personnel, we also have
that same confidentiality (HIPAA again) when it comes to patients.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Perhaps the example Sunil speaks of doesn’t
necessarily deal with the nurses at the ER, but more with someone the State
Police brings in from outside.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I
know there have been rumblings about ISP contracting with local </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>EMS</span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> professionals (as individuals,
not with their departments) to do blood draws to get blood alcohol levels. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Again, I don’t think there has been
much success up here because people don’t want to be called into court.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That being said, I think that if you cause
a crash (ITD doesn’t call them “accidents”, maybe “mistakes”
is a better word) and you’ve been drinking, you should get pinched. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I can’t say how many people we’ve
hauled in (literally, I can’t say) who were obviously over the limit, but
since law enforcement couldn’t obtain a sample they walked.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Of course, if it’s a multiple
vehicle incident, there are probably different rules (I’ve never been on
one of those where alcohol was a factor . . . yet).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And, *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>that</span></b>*
being said, I would hope that as a defense attorney, Sunil would do all he
could for his client to prove their innocence, or at least get them the fairest
sentence possible if they are guilty.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>DC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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