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Current textIn force on May 30, 2025Source: eCFR

§ 40.231 What devices are used to conduct alcohol confirmation tests?

Current wording, effective January 1, 2018.

eCFR as of May 30, 2025 ↗

(a) EBTs on ODAPC's Web page for “Approved Evidential Breath Measurement Devices” that meet the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section are the only devices you may use to conduct alcohol confirmation tests under this part.

(b) To conduct a confirmation test, you must use an EBT that has the following capabilities:

(1) Provides a printed triplicate result (or three consecutive identical copies of a result) of each breath test;

(2) Assigns a unique number to each completed test, which the BAT and employee can read before each test and which is printed on each copy of the result;

(3) Prints, on each copy of the result, the manufacturer's name for the device, its serial number, and the time of the test;

(4) Distinguishes alcohol from acetone at the 0.02 alcohol concentration level;

(5) Tests an air blank; and

(6) Performs an external calibration check.

[65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 82 FR 52246, Nov. 13, 2017]

Amendment history

3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 2001
  1. [65 FR 79526, Dec. 19, 2000, as amended at 82 FR 52246, Nov. 13, 2017]
  2. Oct. 1, 2001 → Nov. 13, 2017annual editions 2001–2016

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.