North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 41 - EPIDEMIOLOGY HEALTH
Subchapter B - INJURY CONTROL
Section .0300 - BREATH ALCOHOL TEST REGULATIONS
Section 41B .0322 - INTOXIMETERS: MODEL INTOX EC/IR II AND MODEL INTOX EC/IR II (ENHANCED WITH SERIAL NUMBER 10,000 OR HIGHER)
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
The following operational procedures shall be followed when administering a test using the Intoximeters, Model Intox EC/IR II and Model Intox EC/IR II (Enhanced with serial number 10,000 or higher):
(1) Ensure instrument displays time and date;
(2) Ensure observation period requirements have been met;
(3) Initiate breath test sequence;
(4) Enter information as prompted by the instrument;
(5) Verify instrument accuracy;
(6) When "PLEASE BLOW" appears, collect breath sample;
(7) When "PLEASE BLOW" appears, collect breath sample; and
(8) Print test record.
If the alcohol concentrations differ by more than 0.02, a third or fourth breath sample shall be collected when "PLEASE BLOW" appears. Sequential tests shall be administered as soon as feasible by repeating steps (1) through (8), as applicable.
Authority
G.S.
15A-534.2(d);
20-139.1(b);
Eff. November 1, 2007;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018;
Amended Eff.
April 1, 2020.