Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline
227a - Measurement of Alcohol in Blood, Breath or Urine
Forensic Chemical Testing of Blood, Breath or Urine (Motor Vehicle)
Section 14-227a-3b - Approval and certification required

Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 14-227a-3b

Current through September 9, 2024

(a) No person shall operate a laboratory for the performance of forensic chemical testing within the scope of sections 14-227a-1 b to 14-227a-10b, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, until the commissioner approves the methods of conducting the analyses and certifies each analyst who will be performing such chemical tests.

(b) To be eligible for approval, a method shall be based upon one or more of the following quantitative techniques:

(1) titration with potassium dichromate;

(2) use of alcohol dehydrogenase;

(3) gas chromatography;

(4) infrared analysis;

(5) fuel cell analysis;

(6) gas chromatography/mass spectrometry;

(7) enzyme immunoassay; or

(8) high performance liquid chromatography.

(c) The commissioner may approve a method not based on the techniques listed in subsection (b) of this section, provided that such alternative method produces a comparable degree of precision and accuracy.

(d) Test results shall not be reported until the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are met. Failure to obtain such approvals or certifications may result in the suspension or revocation of any approvals or certifications subsequently obtained.

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