People v. Keskimaki

The defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the results of a blood-alcohol test because this information is inadmissible under the physician-patient privilege found in MCL 600.2157; MSA 27A.2157.1 disagree.

To the extent the physician-patient privilege might affect this case, it has been abrogated by MCL 257.625a(9); MSA 9:2325(1X9). I read subsections 9 and 10 of the statute1 as an expansion of the implied consent statute to cover the situation in which an individual suspected of violating the laws precluding driving while intoxicated is transported to a…