Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article IV - Licensing › Chapter 77 - EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING REQUIRED FOR ADMINISTERING CHEMICAL TESTS; TEST PROCEDURES AND ACCURACY CERTIFICATION FOR BREATH TEST DEVICES › Subchapter B - PERMANENT REGULATIONS › Section 77.22 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						  subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						  otherwise:
Accuracy inspection test
-A series of
						  five simulator tests using a simulator solution designed to give a reading of
						  .10% conducted by a certified breath test operator on Type A alcohol breath
						  test equipment within 30 days prior to using the breath test equipment to
						  perform an actual alcohol breath test.
Alcohol breath test
-Chemical testing
						  of a sample of a person's expired breath, using breath test equipment designed
						  for this purpose, in order to determine the concentration of alcohol in the
						  person's blood.
Calibrate
-The term includes both of
						  the following:
(i) Performance of a
						series of five simulator tests at each of three separate readings on Type A
						alcohol breath test equipment.
(ii)
						Adjustment of the equipment when necessary upon the failure of the equipment in
						the simulator tests.
Certified breath test operator
-A
						  person certified to administer alcohol breath tests with and to perform various
						  tests to calibrate or ascertain the accuracy of a particular item of breath
						  test equipment following completion of a course of instruction approved by the
						  Department of Health and the Department.
Chemical test or testing
-Analysis
						  performed on a biological material, including but not limited to breath, blood
						  or urine, to determine the identity, concentration, or both, of particular
						  constituents such as alcohol or controlled substances. Test procedures may rely
						  on one or more physical or chemical properties of the constituent and utilize
						  instrumental or chemical analysis techniques to accomplish the
						  determination.
Department
-The Department of
						  Transportation of the Commonwealth.
Simulator solution
-An aqueous standard
						  ethanol solution which, when equilibrated with air in a breath simulator
						  device, produces an air-alcohol mixture of a predetermined concentration that
						  is designed to give a specific reading on breath test equipment and can be used
						  to calibrate and verify the accuracy of Type A alcohol breath test
						  equipment.
Simulator test
-Use of simulator
						  solution in a breath simulator device to verify the accuracy of or calibrate
						  Type A alcohol breath test equipment.
Type A alcohol breath test
						  equipment
-Equipment approved by the Department of Health for
						  determining the alcohol content of the blood by analysis of a person's
						  breath.
Type B alcohol breath test
						  equipment
-Equipment approved by the Department of Health for taking a
						  sample of a person's breath for subsequent laboratory analysis to determine the
						  alcohol content of the person's blood.