What happens when you test positive for alcohol?

When conducting an on-site inspection by the control authorities, the use of alcohol is established by a technical means, and the use of narcotic substances or their analogues - by a test.

Establishing the use of alcohol is carried out with an evidence analyzer showing the concentration of alcohol in the blood by measuring it in exhaled air and reporting the alcohol content in the upper respiratory tract or with a chemical laboratory test.

When drawing up an act to establish an administrative violation for a concentration of alcohol over 0.5 per mille determined by a technical means, the control body also fills out a test coupon in triplicate - the first is provided to the driver, the second is attached to the act/report, and the third remains for report.

In the act of establishing an administrative violation, the control body shall enter the time and method of inspection, together with the type, model, serial number and indications of the technical device. The readings of the technical device are entered in the act of establishing the administrative violation, in the examination slip up to the second decimal place inclusive.

The person subject to the test writes in his own hand on the test ticket whether he accepts the readings of the technical device. Determination with an evidence analyst, medical, chemical or chemical-toxicological laboratory testing is not carried out if the person accepts the indications of the technical means.

In the event that the person does not accept the indications of the technical means for establishing the use of alcohol, the person chooses whether the determination should be made with an evidence analyst, with a medical and chemical or chemical-toxicological laboratory test.

If the person refuses to choose one of the two methods of identification, the recorded readings and the technical means are accepted.

The control body hands the person the examination slip against signature, entering:

• the place where the establishment takes place;

• the time of the appearance - up to 45 minutes if the violation was committed on the territory of the settlement, in which there is a place to establish with an evidence analyst or to carry out a medical examination with the collection of blood and urine for a chemical or chemical-toxicological laboratory examination and up to 120 minutes in other cases.

The deadline for the appearance of the person is determined by the control authority, depending on the remoteness of the place for establishing with an evidence analyst or medical examination, and taking biological samples for chemical and chemical-toxicological laboratory testing, as well as according to the possibility of using public or other transportation to go to it.

The person's refusal to fill out, sign or receive a test coupon is established by the signature of one witness.

If the person refuses to receive the test ticket, if he does not appear in the specified time at the specified place or if he refuses to be tested, the use of alcohol is established based on the indications of the technical device.

When an alcohol concentration of more than 1.2 parts per thousand is detected by a technical means, a police authority takes the person to the place of investigation with an evidence analyst or a medical examination with the taking of biological samples for chemical laboratory testing.

The protocol of ascertainment with an evidence analyst is drawn up immediately after the measurement has been carried out in the presence of the person in respect of whom the ascertainment is carried out. The person signs the protocol.

The employee performs the measurement and enters the result of it in the protocol with accuracy up to the second decimal place inclusive.

The person's refusal to be identified with an evidence analyst is certified by his signature and reflected by the person performing the identification in the protocol. The person's refusal to sign the prepared research protocol is certified by the signature of one witness.

The medical examination and sampling for chemical and hematological laboratory testing is carried out in the emergency department of the multi-specialty medical facilities for hospital care and in the branches of the emergency medical care centers located outside the regional cities.

In cases where the person is not accompanied by MIA officials and lacks an identity document, no medical examination is performed and no samples are taken for chemical or chemical-toxicological testing. The indications of the technical means are accepted.

When testing for alcohol use, two blood samples are taken in specially designed vacuum monovets, each with a volume of not less than 4 ml.

One of the blood samples is kept as a control, and the other blood samples and the urine sample are used for chemical and chemical-toxicological laboratory testing. The collection of blood and urine for alcohol testing is carried out within the time limit specified in the test ticket.

If it is impossible for the person to provide a urine sample or if it is objectively impossible to take blood for testing within the specified period, the medical specialist reflects the reasons for the delay together with the time of collection. If the person does not appear for the examination, the readings of the technical means or the test, with which the use of alcohol was established, are accepted.

The person's refusal to be examined is reflected by the medical specialist in the outpatient journal of the medical institution, being certified by the signature of the person subject to the examination.

The refusal of the examined person to sign the prepared protocol for medical examination is certified by the signature of one witness.

Samples and control samples are stored for a period of not less than 3 months. When ordering a repeat analysis, the control samples are examined.