Administration of a Breath Test: Procedures
Effective Mar 25, 2016Mass. Register #1309MGL c. 90, § 24KExecutive Office of Public Safety and Security
- (1) The arrestee's consent to a breath test shall be documented by the arresting officer or the BTO.
- (2) The breath test shall be administered by a certified BTO on a certified breath test device as defined in 501 CMR 2.02.
(3) The breath test shall consist of a multipart sequence consisting of:
- (a) one adequate breath sample analysis;
- (b) one control standard analysis; and
- (c) a second adequate breath sample analysis.
- (4) If the sequence described in 501 CMR 2.14(3) does not result in breath samples that are within ± 0.020 blood alcohol content units, a new breath test sequence shall begin.