Blood tests
13.—(1)  Any officer of the Bureau, police officer, special police officer, or the officer-in-charge of an approved centre may require any person who has used or inhaled, or is reasonably suspected to have used or inhaled, any intoxicating substance for the purpose of inducing or causing a state of intoxication to provide to a registered medical practitioner a specimen of his or her blood for a laboratory test.
(2)  A person is not required to provide a specimen of his or her blood for a laboratory test under subsection (1) if the registered medical practitioner in immediate charge of his or her case objects to the provision of the specimen on the ground that it would be prejudicial to the proper care or treatment of that person.
(3)  A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to provide a specimen of his or her blood for a laboratory test pursuant to a requirement imposed under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.
(4)  Any officer of the Bureau, police officer or special police officer, or the officer-in-charge of an approved centre must, on requiring any person under this section to provide a specimen of blood for a laboratory test, warn him or her that failure to provide a specimen of blood may make him or her liable to a fine or imprisonment, and, if such officer fails to do so, the court before which the person is charged with an offence under subsection (3) may dismiss the charge.
(5)  For the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under section 3, a certificate purporting to be signed by a registered medical practitioner that the registered medical practitioner took a specimen of blood from a person with that person’s consent is evidence of the matters so certified and of the qualifications of the registered medical practitioner.
(6)  The certificate referred to in subsection (5) must not be accepted as evidence for the prosecution unless a copy of the certificate had been served on the accused not less than 7 days before the hearing.
(7)  For the purposes of this section, the consent of a person who has attained 16 years of age to providing a specimen of blood pursuant to a requirement imposed under subsection (1) is as effective as it would be if he or she were of full age.
(8)  Where the person referred to in subsection (7) has, by virtue of that subsection, given an effective consent, it is not necessary to obtain any consent from his or her parent or guardian in respect of him or her providing the specimen of blood.