§ 40.53 Devices to be used for breath alcohol tests.
Wording first on file in the 1996 annual edition, superseded by the 2001 annual edition. The section was then removed.
(a) For screening tests, employers shall use only EBTs. When the employer uses for a screening test an EBT that does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (b) (1) through (3) of this section, the employer shall use a log book in conjunction with the EBT (see § 40.59(c)).
(b) For confirmation tests, employers shall use EBTs that meet the following requirements:
(1) EBTs shall have the capability of providing, independently or by direct link to a separate printer, a printed result in triplicate (or three consecutive identical copies) of each breath test and of the operations specified in paragraphs (b) (2) and (3) of this section.
(2) EBTs shall be capable of assigning a unique and sequential number to each completed test, with the number capable of being read by the BAT and the employee before each test and being printed out on each copy of the result.
(3) EBTs shall be capable of printing out, on each copy of the result, the manufacturer's name for the device, the device's serial number, and the time of the test.
(4) EBTs shall be able to distinguish alcohol from acetone at the 0.02 alcohol concentration level.
(5) EBTs shall be capable of the following operations:
(i) Testing an air blank prior to each collection of breath; and
(ii) Performing an external calibration check.
Amendment history
1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1996A 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.