“They can only draw blood as a medical procedure, not in the pursuit of a criminal case, unless compelled by warrant...”
Article did not say that. Article point blank they can’t draw blood without consent and attributed that assertion to the nurse.
Article said: “She told the officer a patient was required to give consent for a blood sample ...”
She was telling him what the hospital policy- based on current law- was in regard to tests for LE. She was not speaking to a doctor about the patient’s medical care, she was speaking with LEO about the legal issue of them getting a blood draw or the results of if one had already been done.