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Approved Breath Test Devices

The following is quoted from the Virginia Register Online May 12, 2008 (Volume 24, Issue 18). To download the full issue, click here (.pdf, 84 pages).

Statutory Authority

ยงยง 9.1-102, 18.2-267, 18.2-268.9, 29.1-738.1, 29.1-738.2, 46.2-341.25, and 46.2-341.26:9 of the Code of Virginia.

Approved Breath Test Devices

In accordance with 6VAC40-20-90 of the Regulations for Breath Alcohol Testing and under the authority of the Code of Virginia, the following breath test device is approved for use in conducting breath tests:

  1. The Intoxilyzer, Model 5000, CD/FG5 [previously listed as the 768VA], simulator monitor, equipped with the Virginia test protocol, manufactured by CMI, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, utilizing an external printer.
  2. The Intox EC/IR II with the Virginia test protocol, manufactured by Intoximeters, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri utilizing an external printer.

Approved Supplies and Accessories

In accordance with 6VAC40-20-100 of the Regulations for Breath Alcohol Testing and under the authority of the Code of Virginia, the following supplies are approved for evidential breath test devices:

  1. Mouthpieces that are compatible with the specific testing device for use in conducting breath tests on approved breath test devices.

Approved Preliminary Breath Test Devices

In accordance with 6VAC40-20-180 of the Regulations for Breath Alcohol Testing and under the authority of the Code of Virginia, the following devices are approved for use as preliminary breath test devices:

  1. The ALCO-SENSOR, ALCO-SENSOR II, ALCOSENSOR III, ALCO-SENSOR IV and ALCOSENSOR FST manufactured by Intoximeters, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.
  2. The CMI SD 2 and CMI SD 5, manufactured by Lyon Laboratories, Barry, United Kingdom.
  3. The INTOXILYZER 400PA, manufactured by CMI, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky.
  4. The LIFELOC PBA 3000*, LIFELOC FC10, LIFELOC FC10Plus and LIFELOC FC20, manufactured by Lifeloc Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
    *When used in the direct sensing mode only.
  5. The ALCOTEST 6510 and ALCOTEST 6810 manufactured by Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc., Durango, Colorado.