37 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.6 - Approval of Courses of Instruction
(a) Any
agency, laboratory, institution, school or college intending to offer a course
of instruction for certified operators of evidential breath alcohol testing
instruments, must have the course curriculum approved by the scientific
director.
(b) The operator course
must utilize the most current revision of the Texas Breath Alcohol Testing
Program Operator Manual as the primary instructional text and contain, as a
minimum, these areas of instruction:
(1) the
effects of alcohol on the human body;
(2) the operational principles of the breath
alcohol testing instrument to be used, including:
(A) a functional description of the testing
method; and
(B) a detailed
operational description of the method with demonstrations.
(3) legal aspects of breath alcohol
testing;
(4) supplemental
information which is to include nomenclature appropriate to the field of breath
alcohol testing;
(5) participation
in a laboratory setting operating the breath testing equipment. Laboratory
practice will include the analysis of reference samples, as well as the
analysis of breath samples from actual drinking subjects and completion of all
required records and reports needed for documentation.
(c) Each course of instruction shall be
coordinated by, or under the general direction or supervision of, a certified
technical supervisor.
(d) All
courses of instruction will be open to the scientific director or designated
representative for inspection thereof.
(e) Upon satisfactory proof of compliance of
subsections (a) - (d) of this section to the scientific director, the
scientific director will approve the course of instruction and its participants
will be eligible to apply for operator certification.
(f) Prior to commencing the course, it will
be the responsibility of the teaching agency to make arrangements with the
office of the scientific director for the administration of
examinations.
(g) Prior to the
administration of the examination by the scientific director, it shall be the
responsibility of the course of instruction coordinator(s) to provide proof
that all students attending the course of instruction have been authorized and
approved by the technical supervisor responsible for the technical supervision
of the operator upon certification. Failure to provide this authorization will
delay the administration of the examination and/or certification until such
time as proof of authorization can be documented.
(h) Examinations for operator certification
after completion of a course will be in accordance with §
19.4(a)(4) of
this title (relating to Operator Certification).
(i) Failure to maintain the provisions stated
in this section will be cause for the scientific director to rescind approval
of a course of instruction.
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