Apparently, this is State specific. Authorities in
Ohio now can force drivers who have
two or more drunk driving convictions to submit to a blood or urine test without their consent. A new law that took effect on September 30, 2008 allows police offers to demand that a driver take a blood or urine test if they've been convicted two or more times. The law applies to people convicted of driving under the influence twice in six years or five times in the last twenty years. The law also requires an online database to track offenders with drunk-driving or related offenses.
In the unlikely event I were stopped for DUI, I still wouldn't say or do anything without consulting an attorney.
Originally Posted by
citation35hf
Sigh......Let me walk you through a DUI arrest.
If you do not consent to a chemical test, a warrant for your blood will be issued within x hours (usually only 1 or 2) and your license will be automatically suspended for X amount of days) If the subject refuses to blow on the actual breathalizer at the station or jail or whereever, you advise subject they are now under arrest, you then get the warrant signed by the judge, transport the prisoner to the local hospital have a nurse draw blood for testing, then transport the prisoner back to the Jail, this person is arrested for "Refusal".