Section 260 IAC 2.5-3-2 - Inspection of breath test instrumentsAuthority: IC 9-30-6-5
Affected: IC 9-30-6-5
Sec. 2.
(a) A person authorized by the department shall inspect each breath test instrument deployed for evidentiary use at the instrument's established location at least once every one hundred eighty (180) days. If the location of a breath test instrument is changed, the instrument must be inspected and certified under this rule prior to use for evidentiary testing.(b) The inspection shall include at least one (1) test demonstrating that the breath test instrument: (1) is in good operating condition; and(2) satisfies the accuracy requirements in subsection (e).(c) The inspection shall include tests using reference materials certified to contain a specific concentration of ethanol with a measurement uncertainty at a stated level of confidence.(d) The numerical analytical results of inspection tests shall be expressed to the third decimal place.(e) The numerical analytical results of Intox EC/IR II breath test instruments shall not deviate more than five percent (5%) or five-thousandths (0.005) grams per two hundred ten (210) liters, whichever is greater, from the value of the reference material or the value of the reference material as adjusted for the ambient barometric pressure.State Department of Toxicology; 260 IAC 2.5-3-2; filed 9/17/2020, 10:35 a.m.: 20201014-IR-260200017FRA