Section 260IAC2-3-2. Inspection of breath test instruments

   (a) A person authorized by the department shall inspect each breath test instrument at the instrument's established location at least once every one hundred eighty (180) days. If the location of a breath test instrument is changed, the instrument must be inspected and certified under this rule prior to use.

  (b) The inspection shall include at least one (1) test demonstrating that the breath test instrument:

(1) is in good operating condition; and

(2) satisfies the accuracy requirements in subsection (e) or (f).

  (c) The inspection shall include tests using ethanol-water or ethanol-gas standards selected and certified under section 5 of this rule to simulate breath samples.

  (d) The analytical results of inspection tests shall be expressed to the third decimal place.

  (e) The analytical results of BAC DataMaster breath test instruments shall not deviate more than minus eight percent (-8%) from the certified value of the ethanol-water standard.

  (f) The analytical results of Intox EC/IR II breath test instruments shall not deviate more than five percent (5%) or 0.005, whichever is greater, from the certified value of the ethanol-water standard or the value adjusted for the ambient barometric pressure of the certified ethanol-gas standard. (State Department of Toxicology; 260 IAC 2-3-2; filed Jan 9, 2014, 9:29 a.m.: 20140205-IR-260130344FRA)