{"id":2070,"date":"2019-08-26T05:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2019-08-25T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T13:48:27","slug":"why-hospital-blood-tests-for-alcohol-level-are-not-scientifically-reliable-in-massachusetts-oui-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/why-hospital-blood-tests-for-alcohol-level-are-not-scientifically-reliable-in-massachusetts-oui-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hospital Blood tests for Alcohol level are not scientifically reliable in Massachusetts OUI arrests\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>In many cases, when you are involved in an accident, the Commonwealth will make a motion to summons your hospital records to determine your blood alcohol content.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>While this motion is often allowed, it should be objected to as the Commonwealth does not have an unlimited right to summons medical records after any accident. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Is the hospital blood test scientifically reliable? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A hospital blood test is a quick screening test that the hospital used to determine if alcohol is at issue in your medical treatment; it is not a forensic scientific test. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0There are a number of ways to challenge the\u00a0reliability of a\u00a0hospital test. \u00a0You will need to hire an expert to educate the judge on the\u00a0scientific issues undermining the\u00a0reliability of the tests as most judges assume the tests are reliable. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/why-hospital-blood-tests-for-alcohol-level-are-not-scientifically-reliable-in-massachusetts-oui-arrests\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why Hospital Blood tests for Alcohol level are not scientifically reliable in Massachusetts OUI arrests\u00a0\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In many cases, when you are involved in an accident, the Commonwealth will make a motion to summons your hospital records to determine your blood alcohol content.\u00a0 While this motion is often allowed, it should be objected to as the Commonwealth does not have an unlimited right to summons medical records after any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-defenses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Hospital Blood tests for Alcohol level are not scientifically reliable in Massachusetts OUI arrests\u00a0 &#8212; 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