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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-305" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Motor Vehicle Laws">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The type of test administered to the defendant to determine alcohol concentration shall be the test of breath except that the type of test administered shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A test of blood if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The defendant is unconscious or otherwise incapable of refusing to take a test to determine alcohol concentration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Injuries to the defendant require removal of the defendant to a medical facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The equipment for administering the test of breath is not available; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The defendant is required to submit to a test of one specimen of blood under § 16-205.1(c)(1)(ii) of the Transportation Article; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Both a test of the person’s breath and a test of one specimen of the person’s blood if the defendant is required to submit to both a test of the person’s breath and a test of one specimen of the person’s blood under § 16-205.1(c)(1)(iii) of the Transportation Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The type of specimen obtained from the defendant for the purpose of a test or tests to determine drug or controlled dangerous substance content shall be a blood specimen.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any person who is dead, unconscious, or otherwise in a condition rendering him incapable of test refusal shall be deemed not to have withdrawn consent.</text>
  </level>
</section>
