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A police constable has powers under the Transport Act to order a blood sample from a patient who is at the hospital on suspicion of a vehicle accident but their doctor must agree there is enough medical evidence to support this. This is regardless of whether the patient consents, or cannot consent. The applicable section also remits proceedings against the Crown arising from same.
This is distinctly different from the regular police procedure where patient can refuse and I guess the rationale is a higher standard of proof required; i.e. a police constable must have reasonable cause to suspect, and there must be enough medical evidence for a doctor to concur.
A police constable has powers under the Transport Act to order a blood sample from a patient who is at the hospital on suspicion of a vehicle accident but their doctor must agree there is enough medical evidence to support this. This is regardless of whether the patient consents, or cannot consent. The applicable section also remits proceedings against the Crown arising from same.
This is distinctly different from the regular police procedure where patient can refuse and I guess the rationale is a higher standard of proof required; i.e. a police constable must have reasonable cause to suspect, and there must be enough medical evidence for a doctor to concur.