Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-53 - Alcohol Testing › Section 3701-53-01 - Definitions and record retention periods

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The purpose of
			 Chapter 3701-53 of the Administrative Code is to clarify and implement the
			 provisions of sections
			 1547.11 and
			 4511.19, of the Revised Code. As
			 used in this chapter of the Administrative Code:
(1)
									"Director" means
			 the director of the Ohio department of health and includes any authorized
			 representative of the director.
(2)
									"Laboratory
			 director" means a person who holds a valid laboratory director permit under
			 rule 3701-53-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(3)
									"Designated laboratory director" means the person
			 responsible for activities outlined in paragraph (D) of rule
			 3701-53-07 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(4)
									"Laboratory technician" means a person who holds a
			 valid laboratory technician permit under rule
			 3701-53-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(5)
									"Operator" means a person who holds a valid operator
			 permit under rule
			 3701-53-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(6)
									"Senior operator" means a person who holds a valid
			 senior operator permit under rule
			 3701-53-10 of the Administrative
			 Code.
(7)
									"Oral fluid" means a type of bodily substance collected
			 from the mouth consisting of saliva and other oral secretions.
(8)
									"Deep lung
			 breath" means breath collected or measured at the end of an exhalation
			 (alveolar air).
(9)
									"In transit" means in the possession of an individual
			 employed by a hospital, law enforcement agency, courier, or other delivery
			 entity between the point of collection and a secure storage location or between
			 secure storage location and a laboratory.
(10)
									"Procedure
			 manual" means a document approved by the designated laboratory director that
			 outlines laboratory procedures for techniques listed on the designated
			 laboratory director's permit.
(11)
									"Traceable to
			 NIST" means the standard was manufactured with equipment calibrated with NIST
			 (national institute of standards and technology) weights or the standard was
			 compared to a NIST traceable certified reference material or equivalent
			 standard from a National Metrology Institute (N.M.I) with a reciprocal
			 agreement with NIST. Traceability is documented by the certificate(s) of
			 analysis provided by the manufacturer.
(12)
									"Controlled
			 substance" means any controlled substance as defined in section
			 3719.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(13)
									"Drug of abuse" means any controlled substance as
			 defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code, any
			 harmful intoxicant as defined in section
			 2925.01 of the Revised Code, and
			 any dangerous drug as defined in section
			 4729.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(14)
									"Impairing substance" means any substance that when
			 taken into the human body can impair the ability of that person to operate a
			 motor vehicle safely.