6.__Blood-alcohol concentration test.__If the proceeding is one in which the operator of a motor vehicle or watercraft is alleged to have operated under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs and the court is satisfied that probable cause exists to believe that the operator committed the offense charged, the result of a laboratory or any other test kept by a hospital or other medical facility that reflects blood-alcohol concentration may not be excluded as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding by reason of any claim of confidentiality or privilege and may be admitted provided that the result is relevant and reliable evidence.

SUMMARY

This bill rewrites the law concerning the admissibility of medical records in court and other proceedings. It authorizes the admission of medical records without requiring the maker of the record or the record custodian to be called as a witness to authenticate the record.