It is my understanding the laws about blood draws apply to the driver not the medical professionals. The agreement only allowed for the conditions listed. I think there are a lot of legal issues here for lawyers to quibble over. The nurse followed hospital policy and laws concerning patient care and rights.
Yeah, you’d think this never happened before or something...(perhaps it was the first time in a long time that the police wanted a blood draw on an “apparently innocent guy”). If the police suspected drunk/impaired driving and “exigent circumstances” are going to happen due to the administration of pain killers or a saline drip to the patient I think the hospital would be required to allow a blood draw....wonder how often it happens...not too much I would imagine.
There was a case here where LE took a prisoner to a hospital for a medical exam to look for drugs. The hospital refused so LE took him to another hospital that complied, no drugs were found with xray or exam. LE told hospital to do colonoscopy...LE were in the wrong...big lawsuit won against County
, hospitals, drs. First hospital was said to have t
he right to refuse to do what LE wanted.