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BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Police
DEF

A test that measures a person's blood alcohol concentration using a blood sample.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Police
DEF

Test qui mesure le taux d'alcoolémie chez une personne en utilisant un échantillon de sang.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
  • Policía
OBS

Si en la prueba [de alcoholemia, con etilómetro] practicada al conductor, éste alcanzara los límites permitidos de alcohol en sangre o, aún sin alcanzar este límite, el agente observara signos evidentes de encontrarse bajo los efectos de bebidas alcohólicas, se realizará una segunda prueba para una mayor garantía de los resultados. [...] El conductor puede exigir que esos índices de alcoholemia sean contrastados mediante un análisis de sangre.

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