Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 19 - BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS › Subchapter A - BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING REGULATIONS › Section 19.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the meanings as detailed in this section, unless the context shall
					 clearly indicate otherwise.
(1)
				  Alcohol--Ethyl alcohol, sometimes referred to as grain alcohol or
				  ethanol.
(2) Approval--Meeting and
				  maintaining the requirements set forth in this subchapter for
				  approval.
(3) Approved course of
				  instruction--A school, college, agency, institution, or laboratory meeting the
				  requirements stated in §
										19.6
				  of this title (relating to Approval of Courses of Instruction).
(4) Breath alcohol test (breath alcohol
				  analysis)--The analysis of a subject's breath specimen(s) to determine the
				  alcohol concentration(s) thereof.
(5) Certification--Meeting and maintaining
				  the requirements set forth in this subchapter for certification.
(6) Certified operator--An individual meeting
				  and maintaining the requirements stated in §
										19.4 of
				  this title (relating to Operator Certification).
(7) Conviction--An adjudicated verdict of
				  guilty or an order of deferred adjudication by a court of competent
				  jurisdiction.
(8) Department--The
				  unmodified word "department" in this subchapter refers to the Texas Department
				  of Public Safety.
(9)
				  Inactivation--The voluntary or temporary discontinuance of
				  certification.
(10)
				  Instrument(s)--The device(s) which measure or quantitate the breath alcohol
				  concentration pursuant to §
										19.2 of
				  this title (relating to Instrument Certification).
(11) Office of the Scientific Director
				  (OSD)--The scientific director and his staff.
(12) Proficiency test--A method of evaluation
				  at the direction of a technical supervisor or designated representative of the
				  scientific director by which the knowledge, skills, and abilities of an
				  operator to operate breath alcohol testing equipment can be assessed.
(13) Public information and
				  demonstration--The public display and exhibition of certified evidential breath
				  testing equipment.
(14)
				  Recertification--A process to make certification current.
(15) Reference system--The equipment designed
				  to input any combination of reference material(s) or standard(s) with a known
				  quantity into an instrument for analysis as a measurement standard.
(16) Renewal of current certification--The
				  continuance of active certification by meeting the requirements stated in
				  §
										19.4(b)
				  of this title (relating to Operator Certification).
(17) Reports and records--The data and
				  documents pertinent to this subchapter.
(18) Scientific director--The individual or
				  his designee responsible for the implementation, administration and enforcement
				  of the Texas breath alcohol testing regulations.
(19) Security--The safeguard of certified
				  instruments at testing locations.
(20) Site location--The physical site of the
				  breath alcohol testing instrument and associated equipment.
(21) Suspension--The termination or
				  revocation of certification.
(22)
				  Technical supervisor and technical supervision--An individual meeting the
				  minimum requirements set forth in §
										19.5
				  of this title (relating to Technical Supervisor Certification) and the
				  responsibilities of such.