Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 171b - SCHOOL BUS SIDE STOP SIGNAL ARM ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS- TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › Section 171b.4 - System use

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Certification required.
A school entity, a system administrator acting on the school
													 entity-s behalf or a contracted company that provides pupil transportation must only use a system certified
													 by the Department.
(b)
Installation, testing, operation
													 and repair.
A system must be installed, tested, operated and repaired in accordance with the
													 manufacturer-s or vendor-s specifications.
(c)
Record of
													 inspection and compliance.
A school entity, a system administrator acting on the school entity-s
													 behalf or a contracted company that provides pupil transportation must routinely, and no less than
													 semi-annually, inspect its system to ensure the system is operating in accordance with manufacturer or vendor
													 specifications. The school entity, system administrator acting on the school entity-s behalf or contracted
													 company that provides pupil transportation must make a written record of each inspection and log any remedial
													 measures taken for the system to comply with the manufacturer-s or vendor-s specifications.
(d)
Required documentation.
A school entity, a system
													 administrator acting on the school entity-s behalf or a contracted company that provides pupil transportation
													 must retain its records of inspection and compliance with the manufacturer-s or vendor-s specifications for a
													 period of no less than 1 year from final disposition of an alleged violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(a).
													 Records of inspection and compliance shall constitute written documentation that the system is operating
													 correctly as required by 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(d).
(e)
Use of recorded images.
A school entity, a system administrator acting on the school
													 entity-s behalf or a contracted company that provides pupil transportation must ensure that recorded images
													 of alleged violations of 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(a) are only used per the limitations of 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(e)(1), except that a school entity, a system administrator acting on the school entity-s behalf or a
													 contracted company that provides pupil transportation may disclose the recorded images when required to
													 comply with a court order issued under 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(e)(1)(iii).
(f)
Destruction of recorded images.
A school entity, a
													 system administrator acting on the school entity-s behalf or a contracted company that provides pupil
													 transportation must destroy recorded images of an alleged violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §
												3345.1(a) within 1
													 year of final disposition of the recorded event. Final disposition shall mean the following:
(1) When the recorded images are not included on a certificate under 75 Pa.C.S. §
													3345.1(d), the date of the alleged violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §
													3345.1(a).
(2) When the recorded images are included on a certificate under 75 Pa.C.S. §
													3345.1(d), 3 years after the alleged violation of 75 Pa.C.S. §
													3345.1(a).