La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § I-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-503 - Operator Qualifications

A. At the time of application for certification as an operator, an individual must:

1. be an employee of a Louisiana or federal law enforcement agency;

2. have successfully completed training established by and be certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (POST) or the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC);

3. be at least 18 years of age;

4. be a high school graduate or satisfactorily pass the general education development (GED) test or an equivalent or higher educational background;

5. attain a score of 75 percent or better on a 16-hour operator's training course conducted by the applied technology unit. Course material to be covered will be taken from the Chemical Test for Intoxication Training Manual and/or the Training Manual for the Intoxilyzer 5000 and/or Training Manual for the Intoxilyzer 9000. However, if an individual has already successfully completed a training course in chemical testing the individual may attend a specified course in the operation of the Intoxilyzer 5000 or Intoxilyzer 9000. To successfully complete the 16-hour training course and be certified to conduct breath analysis, the individual must:

a. obtain a 75 percent score on the written examination covering course material;

b. obtain a 75 percent score on the actual operation of the instrument and practical examination (running of an unknown alcohol solution). Both the written and the practical examination will be made up by the instructors of the Applied Technology Unit.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § I-503

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety, Office of State Police, LR 4:390 (October 1978), amended LR 6:663 (November 1980), amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, LR 11:256 (March 1985), LR 14:362 (June 1988), repromulgated LR 14:442 (July 1988), amended LR 17:672 (July 1991), repromulgated LR 17:796 (August 1991), amended LR 27:1929 (November 2001), LR 32:1906 (October 2006), LR 38:2562 (October 2012), LR 38:2937 (November 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3270 et seq.