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41 Pa.B. 84
PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 11-12
[41 Pa.B. 84]
The Department of Health (Department) has statutory authority to approve both prearrest and evidential breath testing devices for use by law enforcement officials to determine the alcohol content of blood by analysis of a person's breath. This notice contains the combined lists of prearrest breath testing devices and evidential breath testing devices.
The Department approves prearrest breath testing devices as required by 28 Pa. Code §§ 5.101—5.104 (relating to equipment to determine blood alcohol content under the Vehicle Code and the Fish and Boat Code). Authority to promulgate these regulations is contained in the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(k) (relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance), the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. § 5125(k) (relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance), the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § 2502(j) (relating to chemical test to determine amount of alcohol) and section 2102(g) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 532(g)).
Prearrest breath testing devices approved under this authority may be used by police officers, waterways patrolmen and officers enforcing the Vehicle Code, the Fish and Boat Code and the Game and Wildlife Code in conducting preliminary determinations of the alcohol content of blood of persons suspected of driving, boating, hunting or furtaking, while under the influence of alcohol. Officers and patrolmen use these devices to assist them in determining whether or not a person should be placed under arrest for violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), for violation of 30 Pa.C.S. § 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), for violation of 34 Pa.C.S. § 2501 (relating to hunting or furtaking prohibited while under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), or for any other criminal offense under the Vehicle Code, the Fish and Boat Code, or the Game and Wildlife Code, which involves operating a vehicle or boat, hunting or furtaking while under the influence of alcohol.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States Department of Transportation published model specifications for Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids at 59 FR 39382 (August 2, 1994). These specifications established performance criteria and methods for testing alcohol screening devices using either breath or bodily fluids such as saliva to measure blood alcohol content. NHTSA established these specifications to support state laws and the United States Department of Transportation's workplace alcohol testing program. The Department has elected to use the NHTSA criteria for approving devices for the prearrest testing of a person's breath to determine the alcohol content of the person's blood.
NHTSA published a conforming products list of alcohol screening devices at 72 FR 4559 (January 31, 2007). The breath testing devices included in this Federal approval list have been incorporated into the list in this notice. Since this notice lists only those devices which test breath, items on the NHTSA list that test saliva or other bodily fluids are not included in this notice.
Additionally, there are a number of breath testing devices on this list of approved equipment that may be used as both prearrest and evidential testing devices. Any device on this list that was evaluated using the 1993 Model Specifications for Evidential Breath Testers (58 FR 48705 (September 17, 1993)) also fully meets the requirements of the Model Specifications for prearrest screening devices. Both procedures evaluate the performance of instruments at the 0.020% alcohol level.
The Department approves evidential breath testing devices under the authority of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(c)(1), 30 Pa.C.S. § 5125(c)(1) and 34 Pa.C.S. § 2502(c).
Evidential breath testing devices approved under this notice may be used by law enforcement officials to obtain test results which will be admissible in evidence in any summary or criminal proceeding in which the defendant is charged with a violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3802, or any other violation of the Vehicle Code arising out of the same action; or 30 Pa.C.S. § 5502, or any other violation of the Fish and Boat Code arising out of the same action; or 34 Pa.C.S. § 2501, or any other violation of the Game and Wildlife Code arising out of the same action. Law enforcement agencies should determine that an approved training program in the use of the equipment is available in accordance with the previously referenced statutes before purchasing any of the devices contained on this list.
The approval of evidential equipment listed in this notice is based on the evaluation of the equipment by NHTSA. Equipment which met Federal requirements was published at 75 FR 11624 (March 11, 2010) as a Conforming Products List. The list contained in this notice is based on NHTSA's Conforming Products Lists.
Instruments marked with an asterisk (*) meet the Model Specifications detailed at 49 FR 48854 (December 14, 1984) (that is, instruments tested at breath alcohol concentrations of 0.000, 0.050, 0.101 and 0.151 gram of alcohol per 210 liters of air). Instruments not marked with an asterisk meet the Model Specifications detailed at 58 FR 48705, and were tested at breath alcohol concentrations of 0.000, 0.020, 0.040, 0.080 and 0.160 gram of alcohol per 210 liters of air. The amended specifications that were published at 58 FR 48705, added a test for the presence of acetone and other low molecular weight alcohols including methyl and isopropyl. Instruments whose precision and accuracy have been evaluated in the latter concentration range (that is, devices not marked with an asterisk) should be used when reliable results are required at blood alcohol concentrations below 0.050%.
NHTSA also evaluates equipment to determine if it must be operated at fixed locations (that is, nonmobile equipment) or can be transported to nonfixed operational sites in the field (mobile equipment). Most equipment on the list is approved for mobile and nonmobile operation. The listing at the end of this notice specifies nonmobile equipment only.
The instruments not marked with an asterisk meet the specifications for use as prearrest or evidentiary breath testing devices. The instruments marked with an asterisk may be used as evidentiary devices for law enforcement purposes that are concerned with blood alcohol concentrations at or above 0.050%. These instruments may also be used as prearrest breath testing devices if they are approved for mobile operations. However, these instruments may not be used for making arrests under the Vehicle Code, the Fish and Boat Code or the Game and Wildlife Code where blood alcohol concentrations below 0.050% must be determined. Nonmobile devices can only be used as evidentiary testing instruments since they are not portable. Before purchasing breath testing devices, law enforcement officials should consult with the manufacturer of the equipment they intend to purchase to verify that the devices can be used for their intended purposes.
Law enforcement agencies that plan to utilize a device which does not appear on the following list should contact the manufacturer of the equipment to verify that it has been evaluated by NHTSA and found to meet NHTSA's performance requirements. If a device is approved by NHTSA after the date of this publication, the manufacturer of the device will need to forward documentation of NHTSA acceptability to Dr. M. Jeffery Shoemaker at the following address so that the Department has information sufficient to enable it to include the device in the next revision of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Some of the devices included in this notice are listed under the name of more than one manufacturer. This is due to the fact that the name of the manufacturer has changed or the right to produce a device has been transferred to a different company. In these instances, the device is listed under the name of every company that was ever associated with the device to allow law enforcement agencies to continue using devices bearing the name of a previous manufacturer.
To facilitate accessibility to information concerning breath alcohol testing devices which are approved for law enforcement purposes in the Commonwealth, the Department will publish revisions of this list of equipment semiannually as notices in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. This practice was implemented in 2009 and will proceed even if an updated conforming products list has not appeared in the Federal Register since the Department's last annual publication of approved breath testing devices.
Questions regarding this list should be directed to M. Jeffery Shoemaker, Ph.D.; Director, Division of Chemistry and Toxicology, Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories, P. O. Box 500, Exton, PA 19341-0500, (610) 280-3464.
Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) may contact Dr. Shoemaker at V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TT).
AlcoMate3 (aka: AlcoHAWK Pro by Q3 Inovations)
AlcoMate Accu Cell AL-9000
AlcoMate Core4 (formerly known as Alcoscan
AL-6000)
AlcoMate Premium AL-7000, with replaceable Pre mium Sensor Modules (SM-7000)5
AlcoMate Prestige AL-6000, with replaceable Pres tige Sensor Modules (SM-6000)6
SafeMate2 (formerly known as AlcoChecker)
SafeDrive (formerly known as AlcoKey)
Akers Laboratories, Inc., Thorofare, NJ
Alcohol √TM
Breath Alcohol √ .02 Detection System8
Alco Check 90007
Alcohol Countermeasures Systems, Inc., Port Hurton, MI
Alert J3AD*
Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp., Missis sauga, Ontario, Canada
Alcohol Countermeasure Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Alert J4
Approved Technology, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Alco-Check I
Alco-Check II
BACmaster*
BAC Systems, Inc., Ontario, Canada
Breath Analysis Computer*
PB 9000e
BHP Diagnostix, West Chester, PA
CAMEC Ltd., North Shields, Tyne and Ware, Eng land
IR Breath Analyzer*
CMI-MPH, Owensboro, KY
CMI S-D2
CMI S-L2
240 (aka Lion Alcolmeter 400 + outside the US)
500 (aka: Alcolmeter 500-Lion Laboratories)
4011A*
4011AS*
4011AS-A*
4011AS-AQ*
4011A27-10100*
4011A27-10100 with filter*
5000 (w/3/8" ID hose option)
5000 (VA)
PAC 1200*
Craig Technologies International Ltd., Aurora, CO
Decator Electronics, Decator, IL
Alco-Tector model 500*
Draeger Safety Diagnostics Inc., (aka: National Draeger) Irving, TX
EnviteC by Honeywell GmbH. Fond du Lac, WI
First Innovative Technology Group, Ltd. Hong Kong
Gall's Inc., Lexington, KY
Guth Laboratories, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Alco-Tector
Alcotector WAT90
BACTRACK Select S509
BACTRACK Select S809
Indium Encapsulation System
Photo Electric Intoximeter*
Auto Intoximeter*
Intox EC-IR
Intox EC-IR 2
Portable Intox EC-IR
3000 (rev B1)*
3000 (rev B2)*
3000 (rev B2A)*
3000 (rev B2A) w/FM option*
3000D*
3000DFC*
Alco-Sensor IV-XL
Alco-Sensor Light Display
Portable Intox EC/IR II
RBT-IV
RBT-IV with CEM (cell enhancement module)
Alcolyzer DPA-2*
Breath Alcohol Meter PAM 101B*
Life Loc PBA 3000
PBA 3000-B
PBA 3000-P*
PBA 3000-C
Lion Laboratories, Ltd., Cardiff, Wales, UK
400+ (aka: Intoxilzyer 240 in the U.S.)
500 (aka: Intoxilyzer 500-CMI, Inc.)
SD-2*
SD-5 (aka: S-D5 in the U.S.
Luckey Laboratories, San Bernardino, CA
Mobat Sober-Meter-SM II
Nanopuls AB, Uppsala, Sweden
Medi-Scan, Inc., Denver, CO
National Draeger, Inc., Durango, CO
7410 Screener
BAC DataMaster (with or without the Delta-1 acces sory)
BAC Verifier DataMaster (with or without the
Delta-1 accessory)
DataMaster cdm (with or without the Delta-1
Omicron Systems, Palo Alto, CA
Intoxilyzer 4011*
Intoxilyzer 4011AW*
PAS International, Fredericksburg, VA
Mark V. Alcovisor
PAS IIIa
5000 Plus 4*
AlcoHAWK ABI (aka: A.B.I. (Alcohol Breath indica tor) by Han Intl.)
AlcoHAWK PRO (aka: AlcoMate by AK Solutions)
AlcoTec Breath-Alcohol Tester
Breath Alcohol Tester Model BT-2
Breath Alcohol Tester Model BT-3
Siemans-Allis, Cherry Hill, NJ
Smith and Wesson Electronics, Springfield, MA
Preliminary Breath Test II
Takai-Denshi Inc., Tokyo, Japan:
ALC-PRO II (US)
Team Building Systems, Inc., Houston, TX
U.S. Alcohol Testing, Inc./Protection Devices, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Verax Systems, Inc., Fairport, NY
BAC Verifier*
1 The AlcoMate was manufactured by Han International of Seoul, Korea, but marketed and sold in the United States by AK Solutions.
3 Han International does not market or sell devices directly in the United States market. Other devices manufactured by Han International are listed under AK Solutions, Inc. and Q-3 Innovations, Inc.
5 These devices utilize replaceable semiconductor detectors. Instead of recalibrating the device, a new calibrated detector can be installed. This device comes with four detectors including the one that was already installed.
6 These devices utilize replaceable semiconductor detectors. Instead of recalibrating the device, a new calibrated detector can be installed. This device comes with five detectors including the one that was already installed.
8 The Breath Alcohol √.02 Detection System consists of a single-use disposable breath tube used in conjunction with an electronic analyzer that determines the test result. The electronic analyzer and the disposable breath tubes are lot specific and manufactured to remain calibrated throughout the shelf-life of the device. This screening device cannot be used after the expiration date.
9 Manufactured by DA Tech Co., Ltd., Korea.
Nonmobile only
Decator Electronics
Alcotest Model 9510
Intoximeter Model—Alcomonitor
Intoximeter Model—EC/IR II (enhanced with serial number 10,000 or higher)
Luckey Laboratories
Alco-Analyzer Model—1000*
Alco-Analyzer Model—2000*
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-12. Filed for public inspection Decemner 30, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]