First and foremost. A blood sample was taken from the truck driver when he was admitted to the hospital so there was no urgency for the sample. A truck driver's CDL does change things as far as blood samples go. It's so complicated however it is not something a care taker should have to know and understand. It's not their job. Where Payne really, really screwed up is he did not go through the proper channels if he was indeed entitled to the sample. Instead he chose to put several care takers out of commission for a very long time mulling over policies and law. Recklessly endangering the well being of patients in a burn center of all places. That is a crime in itself. He also chose to bully an innocent woman to a point of aggravated assault on a nurse. Then there is the moral side of things. You do not treat innocent women that way. You just don't. If law and order wants to start with a clean slate, then it is in their best interest to lock Payne up. It is what he deserves.