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[Federal Register: December 2, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. 94-004; Notice 3]

 

Highway Safety Programs; Conforming Products List of Screening 
Devices To Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the first Conforming Products List (CPL) 
of devices that conform to the Model Specifications for Screening 
Devices that measure alcohol in bodily fluids (59 FR 39382).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James F. Frank, Office of Alcohol 
and State Programs, NTS-21, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590; Telephone: 
(202) 366-9581.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: On August 2, 1994, Model Specifications for 
Screening Devices to Measure Alcohol in Bodily Fluids were published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 39382). In these model specifications, 
NHTSA recognized industry efforts to develop new technologies. These 
specifications establish performance criteria and methods for testing 
alcohol screening devices using either breath or other bodily fluids to 
measure alcohol content. NHTSA established these specifications to 
support State laws that target youthful offenders (i.e., ``zero 
tolerance'' laws) and the Department of Transportation's initiative to 
prevent alcohol misuse. Employers are reminded that evidential breath 
testing devices are still required for screening under DOT's regulation 
on Alcohol Misuse Prevention, 49 CFR Part 40. Screening devices are not 
authorized for use under Part 40 until DOT amends its regulation.
    Alcohol screening devices have been submitted to NHTSA for testing 
and were evaluated at the Volpe National Transportation System Center 
in Cambridge, MA. This first publication of a Conforming Products List 
for alcohol screening devices reports on five (5) devices that were 
evaluated and found to meet the model specifications for alcohol 
screening devices cited above. Three of these five devices are sold 
under two different names (see CPL below). The Conforming Products 
List, which lists models that were submitted and determined to meet the 
model specifications, and the manufacturers who submitted them to NHTSA 
for testing, appears below:

          Conforming Products List of Alcohol Screening Devices         
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            Manufacturer                          Device(s)             
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(1) Alco Check International*        Alco Check 3000 D.O.T.     
 Hudsonville, MI.                    Alco Screen 3000.                  
(2) Guth Laboratories, Inc.*         Alco Tector Mark X. Mark X 
 Harrisburg, PA.                      Alcohol Checker.                  
(3) Repco Marketing, Inc. Raleigh,   Alco Tec III.              
 NC.                                                                    
(4) Sound Off, Inc.* Hudsonville,    Digitox D.O.T. Alco Screen 
 MI.                                  1000.                             
(5) STC Diagnostics, Inc.            Q.E.D. A150 Saliva Alcohol 
 Bethlehem, PA.                       Test.                             
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*The devices listed by this manufacturer are the same device sold under 
  two different names.                                                  


    Note that devices 1 through 4 are breath alcohol testers that use 
semiconductor type sensors. Device #5 is a saliva alcohol tester that 
uses an enzymatic technique to measure the alcohol concentration in a 
saliva sample. All of the devices provide a direct read-out of test 
results.

    Issued on: November 28, 1994.
Michael B. Brownlee,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-29664 Filed 12-1-94; 8:45 am]
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