Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Course A contents. A
course of training in the use of Type A alcohol breath test equipment shall
consist of at least 30 hours of instruction, including the following:
(1) A screening examination for law
enforcement officers, when required by the teaching facility, for example,
mathematics or reading ability.
(2)
Pharmacology and physiological effects of alcohol.
(3) Interpretation of chemical
findings.
(4) Legal aspects of
chemical testing.
(5) Demonstration
of appropriate equipment.
(6)
Utilization of Type A alcohol breath test equipment on drinking subjects or on
equipment designed to simulate drinking subjects.
(7) Explanatory review of testing and
recordkeeping requirements specified in this subchapter.
(8) Review of
75 Pa.C.S. §
1547
(relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled
substance).
(9) Preparation of
testimony.
(10) Courtroom
demonstrations.
(11) Related
observations by arresting officer supplementing intoxication report.
(12) Other materials considered necessary by
the teaching facility which are approved by the Department and the Department
of Health.
(b)
Instructors and curricula for Course A. Instruction shall be
given by an instructor approved jointly by the Department of Health and the
Department using a curriculum in compliance with Course A
requirements.
(c)
Certificates for Course A.
(1) Persons successfully completing Course A
shall be issued certificates as certified breath test operators qualified to
operate only Type A alcohol breath test equipment on which they actually
received instruction during the course of training.
(2) Persons successfully completing Course A
may subsequently qualify to operate another model of Type A alcohol breath test
equipment manufactured by the same or a different alcohol breath test company
upon successful completion of a course of at least 8 hours of instruction in
its operation and interpretation of chemical findings.
(d)
Course B contents. A
course of training in the use of Type B alcohol breath test equipment shall
consist of a minimum of 6 hours of instruction, including the following:
(1) Explanatory review of testing and
recordkeeping requirements specified in this subchapter.
(2) Related observations by arresting officer
supplementing intoxication report.
(3) Review of
75 Pa.C.S. §
1547
(relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled
substance).
(4) Demonstration of
appropriate equipment.
(5)
Utilization of chemical test equipment on drinking subjects or on equipment
designed to simulate drinking subjects.
(6) Other materials considered necessary
which are approved by the Department of Health and the Department.
(e)
Instructions and
curricula for Course B. Instruction shall be given by an instructor
approved jointly by the Department of Health and the Department using a
curriculum in compliance with Course B requirements.
(f)
Certificates for Course
B. Persons successfully completing Course B shall be issued
certificates as certified breath test operators qualified to operate only Type
B alcohol breath test equipment on which they actually received instruction
during the course of training.
(g)
Exemption from instruction.
(1) A person certified to administer alcohol
breath tests with a particular item of breath test equipment during the period
between September 29, 1968, and September 26, 1970, under the approved course
of instruction certified by the Secretary of the Department of Revenue, may
continue to administer alcohol breath tests with the equipment without
undergoing further instruction and shall be considered a certified breath test
operator under this subchapter.
(2)
A person certified to administer alcohol breath tests with a particular item of
breath test equipment on November 5, 1977, under Equipment and Instructions for
Administering Chemical Tests and Making Chemical Analysis for Alcoholic Content
of Blood, 1 Pa.B. 288 (September 26, 1970) may continue to administer alcohol
breath tests with the equipment without undergoing further instruction and
shall be considered a certified breath test operator under this
subchapter.
(3) A person certified
by the Department or the State Police on December 22, 1984 to administer
alcohol breath tests, conduct accuracy verifications or inspections with a
particular item of breath test equipment may continue to perform the duties
with the equipment without undergoing further instruction and will be
considered a certified breath test operator under this subchapter.
