Notwithstanding this section, the result of a laboratory or any other test kept by a hospital or other medical facility, which that reflects blood-alcohol concentration, shall 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 if the proceeding is one in which the operator of a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain 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.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

Effective March 8, 2006.