{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-30-5-4","heading":"Classification of offense; serious bodily injury","body":"Sec. 4. (a) A person who causes serious bodily injury to another person when operating a vehicle:\n(1) with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least eight-hundredths (0.08) gram of alcohol per:\n(A) one hundred (100) milliliters of the person's blood; or\n(B) two hundred ten (210) liters of the person's breath;\n(2) with a controlled substance listed in schedule I or II of IC 35-48-2 or its metabolite in the person's blood; or\n(3) while intoxicated;\ncommits a Level 5 felony. However, the offense is a Level 4 felony if the person has a previous conviction of operating while intoxicated within the five (5) years preceding the commission of the offense.\n(b) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a separate offense for each person whose serious bodily injury is caused by the violation of subsection (a).\n(c) It is a defense under subsection (a)(2) that the accused person consumed the controlled substance in accordance with a valid prescription or order of a practitioner (as defined in IC 35-48-1.1) who acted in the course of the practitioner's professional practice.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 30. GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS","Chapter 5. Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-30-5-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"8032caddc305c72a92d5a3ff4bdb78ffccd8848bea07e01ddf068ff9ddeaa5ca","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-3","next":"us-in/ic-9-30-5-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}