Blood Alcohol Concentration and Driving

Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors October 2007 and October 2001
Revised and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors January 1997
This statement replaces one with the same title approved by the ACEP Board of Directors June 1988 

 

The American College of Emergency Physicians urges the enactment of state legislation to prohibit alcohol-impaired driving, specifically mandating the following.

  • A blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 g/dL is per se evidence of driving while impaired.
     
  • A BAC of 0.05 g/dL is presumptive evidence of impaired driving.
     
  • Any measurable level of BAC while driving shall be illegal in persons younger than the legal drinking age in each state.

 

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