Denver Slone v. Kentucky Department of Transportation

Kentucky, like a majority of states, has enacted an “implied consent” law designed to aid in the battle to keep drunk drivers off the public highways. That statute, K.R.S. 186.565, reads in pertinent part as follows:

“Any person who operates a motor vehicle in this state is deemed to have given his consent to a chemical test . for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content of his blood, if arrested for any offense arising out of acts alleged to have been committed while the person was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle in this state while under the influence of…