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as provided herein as a result of the act of withdra¥~_ng blood~ from ar.y person' submitting thereto; provided~ the blood was withdra~ according ~ recognized medical procedures; and pro~_ded furthar that the fore- going shall not relieve any such person from liability for negligence in the withdra~dng of any blood -(d !) Portions of the blood s~_~ple so withdrawn sb~l~, be placed in each of 'two vials_orovided by the chief ~dical exs~ner, ~ich~ vials shall be sealed and labeled by the person takJ~ng t~e or at his direction, shovM_rg on each the n~ of the accused, the nmr~ of the person taking the blood saz,~le and the date and tim.~ the blood s~mpte was taken. The ~als shall be placed in two contalr~rs provided by the chief megical examiner, ~¥nich containers shall be sealed so as not to allow tampering with the convenvs. ~he s_~rest~_ng or accon~sa%v- Lng officer shall take possession of ~he two cont~ers holding the ~als as soon as the vials are placed -Lu such containers and sealed s_nd shal~ transport or m~il one of the vials forthwith to the chief medical ex- aminer. The officer tsd~ing possession of the other containers (inerein- after referred to as~second container~) shall~ inm~diately after tapping possession of such second container, give to the accused a rom provided by the chief medical excreta, er w~nich shall set forth the procedure to ob- tain an lindeperxlent ~nalysis of the blood Ln the second container ~d a list of those laboratories and their addresses approved by the state health co~vmissioner., such fo_tm shall contaf~n a space for the accused or his cot~usel to direct the officer possessirg such second container to fo~^~ard that convaLuer to such appro~ed !abo~atory for emalysis~ if desired. The officer havi~g the second con,atone_ ~ after detive~y of the fo-~n refe~ed to in the preca~fiing sentence (tun!ess a~ that t~_~ directed by the accused in ~\~iting on such form. to foz~a~ the second conta~ue~ to ~u approved laborator~y of the accused's choiee~ ~in ~fnich event the officer shall do so) shall deliver such. second container to the police officer of the co:~uuty, city or t~.~n L~ ~ich the case will be heard, s~nd the cn~e~ police officer who receives the s~me shall ~eep~it in his possession for a~oeriod of seventy-two hours~ durir~ w~'~. t~me' the accused or his counsel may~ in ~rriti~ on the form provided hereinabgve~ direct the chief police officer hav~ possession of the second container to ~il it ye the laboratory of the accused's choice chosen from the ap- proved list. As us~a mn th~s ~e~on~ ~he re_mu ~:chief police officer~ sb~ll ,vman the sheriff in any cotunty not hav~m~g a chief of police~ the chief of police of sany co~mqty navm~ a ~h~ef o~ police, the ~l~e~ of ?slice of the city or the serge~n~ or chief of police of the town in ~fnich the charge ~%1t be heard. (d 2) ?ne testing of the contents of the second container sb~i! be made in the same ~msa~ner as hereafter set forth cor~e~m.~rg the precedence to be foll~^~ed by the chief ~dicai examir~r~ and s_~l precedencies estab!isb- ed herein for tr~usmittal~ testing ~ud a~ssion of the result in the trial of the case be the same as for the se~©ie ser~ to the chief ~dica! examiner.