§ 31-7-307 — Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers

Wyoming § 31-7-307

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 7: DRIVER'S LICENSES
• Art. 3: COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE

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(a) A person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a commercial motor vehicle within this state is deemed to
have given consent, subject to the provisions of this section to
a chemical test or tests of his blood, breath or urine for the
purpose of determining alcohol or controlled substance
concentration in his blood.
(b) The test or tests shall be administered at the
direction of a peace officer, who has probable cause to believe
that the driver was driving or in actual physical control of a
commercial motor vehicle in this state while having alcohol or a
controlled substance in his system. The peace officer who
requires a test pursuant to this section may direct that the
test shall be of blood, breath or urine. However, if the
officer directs that the test be of the person's blood or urine,
the person may choose whether the test shall be of blood or
urine. The person has this option unless the peace officer has
probable cause to believe there is a controlled substance which
is not subject to testing by a blood or breath test in which
case a urine test may be required.
(c) For tests required under this section, the person
shall be advised that:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 178, § 2.
(ii) If the results of the test indicate a blood
alcohol concentration of four one-hundredths of one percent
(0.04%) or more, it shall result in a disqualification for a
period of not less than one (1) year to life;
(iii) If the results of the test indicate a blood
alcohol concentration of less than four one-hundredths of one
percent (0.04%), he shall be placed out-of-service for twenty-
four (24) hours;
(iv) He may go to the nearest hospital or clinic and
secure any or all required tests at his own expense or any
remaining required tests shall be administered by a person at a
place and in a manner prescribed by and at the expense of the
agency employing the peace officer.
(d) Results of tests obtained at the person's expense
shall be made available to the peace officer and the person.
Disclosure of the test results by the person administering the
test is not a violation of the doctor-patient relationship.
(e) Any person dead, unconscious or otherwise in a
condition rendering him incapable of cooperating with the
administration of the tests is deemed to have given his consent
provided for in this section, and the tests may be administered
subject to this section. A chemical test designated by the
agency employing the peace officer may also be administered to a
person who refuses to take a test upon issuance of a search
warrant, including a remotely communicated search warrant, as
provided in W.S. 31-6-102(d). A remotely communicated search
warrant shall be valid only for purposes specified in this
subsection.
(f) If the person refuses testing or is administered a
test which discloses an alcohol concentration of four one-
hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more by weight of alcohol
in the person's blood the peace officer shall submit a signed
statement to the department. The statement submitted by the
officer shall contain:
(i) His probable cause to believe the person was
driving or in actual physical control of a commercial vehicle:
(A) In this state;
(B) With alcohol or a controlled substance in
his system.
(ii) That a test was requested pursuant to this
section; and
(iii) That the person refused to submit to a test or
submitted to a test which disclosed an alcohol concentration of
four one-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) or more.
(g) Upon receipt of the signed statement of a peace
officer submitted under subsection (f) of this section, the
department shall disqualify the driver from driving a commercial
motor vehicle under W.S. 31-7-305 subject to the hearing
provision therein.
(h) A timely request for a hearing shall stay the
disqualification until the order following the hearing is
entered provided the stay of disqualification is effective only
so long as there is no disqualification for a similar violation
during the hearing and appeal period.
(j) At the conclusion of a hearing, the hearing examiner
shall order the disqualification be rescinded or sustained. The
scope of the hearing shall be limited to the issues of:
(i) Whether the peace officer had probable cause to
believe the person was driving or in actual physical control of
a commercial vehicle with alcohol or a controlled substance in
his system;
(ii) Whether the results of a test indicated there
was at least four one-hundredths of one percent (0.04%) of
alcohol in the person's blood; and
(iii) Whether the person had been given the
advisement required in subsection (c) of this section.
(k) Prehearing discovery available to any party is limited
to access to the notice of disqualification, signed statement,
and any accompanying documentation submitted by the peace
officer. Other types of discovery available under other laws
are not available under this section.
(m) If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a
chemical test under this section, evidence of the refusal is
admissible in any administrative, civil or criminal action or
proceeding arising from acts alleged to have been committed
while driving or in actual physical control of a commercial
vehicle.
(n) W.S. 31-6-102(g), 31-6-104(c), 31-6-105(a), (b) and
(e) and 31-6-106 apply to this section.