37 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.1 - Definitions
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings as detailed in this section, unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise.
(1)
Alcohol--Ethyl alcohol, sometimes referred to as grain alcohol or
ethanol.
(2) Approval--Meeting and
maintaining the requirements set forth in this subchapter for
approval.
(3) Approved course of
instruction--A school, college, agency, institution, or laboratory meeting the
requirements stated in §
19.6 of this title (relating to
Approval of Courses of Instruction).
(4) Breath alcohol test (breath alcohol
analysis)--The analysis of a subject's breath specimen(s) to determine the
alcohol concentration(s) thereof.
(5) Certification--Meeting and maintaining
the requirements set forth in this subchapter for certification.
(6) Certified operator--An individual meeting
and maintaining the requirements stated in §
19.4 of this title (relating to
Operator Certification).
(7)
Conviction--An adjudicated verdict of guilty or an order of deferred
adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(8) Department--The unmodified word
"department" in this subchapter refers to the Texas Department of Public
Safety.
(9) Inactivation--The
voluntary or temporary discontinuance of certification.
(10) Instrument(s)--The device(s) which
measure or quantitate the breath alcohol concentration pursuant to §
19.2 of this title (relating to
Instrument Certification).
(11)
Office of the Scientific Director (OSD)--The scientific director and his
staff.
(12) Proficiency test--A
method of evaluation at the direction of a technical supervisor or designated
representative of the scientific director by which the knowledge, skills, and
abilities of an operator to operate breath alcohol testing equipment can be
assessed.
(13) Public information
and demonstration--The public display and exhibition of certified evidential
breath testing equipment.
(14)
Recertification--A process to make certification current.
(15) Reference system--The equipment designed
to input any combination of reference material(s) or standard(s) with a known
quantity into an instrument for analysis as a measurement standard.
(16) Renewal of current certification--The
continuance of active certification by meeting the requirements stated in
§
19.4(b) of this
title (relating to Operator Certification).
(17) Reports and records--The data and
documents pertinent to this subchapter.
(18) Scientific director--The individual or
his designee responsible for the implementation, administration and enforcement
of the Texas breath alcohol testing regulations.
(19) Security--The safeguard of certified
instruments at testing locations.
(20) Site location--The physical site of the
breath alcohol testing instrument and associated equipment.
(21) Suspension--The termination or
revocation of certification.
(22)
Technical supervisor and technical supervision--An individual meeting the
minimum requirements set forth in §
19.5 of this title (relating to
Technical Supervisor Certification) and the responsibilities of such.
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