Krause v. State

PRICE, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion in which WOMACK, J., joined.

Rachel Lopez was not a physician, chemist, registered professional nurse, or licensed vocational nurse. If she was authorized to draw the appellant’s blood under the statute, it could only be by virtue of her status as a “qualified technician.”1 The statute does not define this term, but it does expressly provide that it “does not include emergency medical services personnel.” 2 Lopez received her training in blood extraction in her capacity as an Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I).3 Insofar as the record reveals,…