Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 14 - AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION › Sub-Agency 050 - MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT › Chapter 053 - IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM › Section 14 050 053 - IGNITION INTERLOCK PROGRAM

Current through June, 2024
Section 1 Definitions
For the purposes of these rules, the following definitions
				apply:
(a) "Alcohol set point" means
			 the minimum alcohol concentration at which an ignition interlock device is set
			 to lock a motor vehicle's ignition. That level shall be 0.02 Blood Alcohol
			 Content (BAC).
(b) "Calibration"
			 means the process of testing and adjusting a device to ensure accuracy set
			 forth in the current National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
			 Model Specifications for Calibration Units.
(c) "Certified laboratory" means a laboratory
			 which subscribes to the quality code of the International Standards
			 Organization of the American National Standards Institute.
(d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Motor Vehicles.
(e) "Ignition
			 Interlock Device" or "IID" means a device capable of measuring a person's blood
			 alcohol concentration and immobilizes a motor vehicle whose driver's blood
			 alcohol concentration is 0.02 or greater. The device must be equipped with a
			 camera capable of recording a digital image of the person using the device as
			 well as the front compartment of the vehicle.
(f) "Ignition interlock restricted driver's
			 license" or "RDL" or "certificate" means a driver's license that has been
			 restricted to limit operation of motor vehicles by a person whose license or
			 privilege to operate has been suspended or revoked pursuant to
			 23 VSA §
											1205(a) (2), §
										1205(m),
			 §
										1206(a),
			 §
										1208
			 or §
										1216
			 to motor vehicles installed with an approved ignition interlock device. A
			 person with a RDL may not operate a commercial motor vehicle as defined in
			 23 VSA §
											4103.
(g) "Inclusion zone" means an area
			 encompassing 25 miles from the Vermont border.
(h) "Installer" means an individual, business
			 or other entity identified by a manufacturer of an approved ignition interlock
			 device as the manufacturer's official representative in the state of Vermont
			 for the installation, maintenance, monitoring and repair of the devices, and
			 includes agents and employees of the manufacturer.
(i) "Lockout State" means a condition where
			 the ignition interlock device will not accept a breath test.
(j) "Motor vehicle" means only pleasure cars
			 and trucks the operation of which do not require a commercial driver license.
			 The term shall not include school buses.
(k) "State coordinator" means the individual
			 designated by the manufacturer to act on behalf of or represent it in all
			 matters regarding IID's in Vermont.
(l) "Ignition Interlock Certificate" means a
			 restricted privilege to operate a motor vehicle issued by the Commissioner
			 allowing a nonresident whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle in Vermont
			 has been suspended or revoked for operating under the influence of intoxicating
			 liquor or in excess of legal limits of alcohol concentration, or for refusing
			 an enforcement officer's reasonable request for an evidentiary test, to operate
			 a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section
			 4103 of this title, installed with an approved ignition interlock
			 device.