NHTSA's Conforming Products List of Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids identifies alcohol screening devices (ASDs) that meet NHTSA's Model Specifications for those devices. NHTSA's June 14, 2012 Federal Register notice (77 FR 35745) explains that the specifications established performance criteria and methods for testing alcohol screening devices and support State zero tolerance laws and the DOT workplace alcohol testing program.
NHTSA revised the Model Specifications in a March 31, 2008 notice (73 FR 16956). That notice states that the devices test for the presence of alcohol using breath or bodily fluids such as saliva. It removed testing of interpretive screening devices from the specifications and describes pass or fail lights, or enzymes that react with alcohol to produce an unambiguous mark, as objective test results.
For DOT tests, ODAPC posts a web page for Approved Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids. Under 49 CFR 40.229, ASDs on that page and EBTs on ODAPC's evidential device page are the only devices allowed for DOT screening tests. An ASD may be used only if Part 40 has instructions for its use, and it must not be used for confirmation tests.
Footnotes on the ODAPC page add device notes, such as devices that are still being sold but are no longer manufactured or supported. Saliva screening steps are covered in Can a Saliva Device Be Used for a DOT Alcohol Test?, and the EBT list is covered in What Is NHTSA's Conforming Products List for Evidential Breath Testers?.
Learn Laws® offers DOT Alcohol Screening Test Technician Training (STT), an online DOT STT course with qualification training, screening device training and five live mock tests under 49 CFR 40.213.
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