PURPOSE: This rule outlines the minimum standards and specifications for ignition interlock device approval and certification in the state of Missouri.

Editor’s Note: The following material is incorporated into this rule by reference: 1) 57 Federal Register 67, pp. 11772–11787, April 7, 1992 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992). In accordance with section 536.031(4), RSMo, the full text of material incorporated by reference will be made available to any interested person at the Office of the Secretary of State and the headquarters of the adopting state agency.

1. (1) Standards and Specifications.

   1. (A) All devices shall meet or exceed the standards established by the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, identified as “Model Specifications for Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices” 57 FR 67, pp. 11772–11787, April 7, 1992 (no subsequent dates or editions).

   2. (B) All approved devices must have an alcohol setpoint of two-hundredths (.02) for initial startup.

      1. 1. A device shall be programmed to

allow a maximum of three (3) attempts to blow a breath sample below the alcohol setpoint within a ten (10)-minute period.

1. 2. Three (3) failed startup attempts with-

in a ten (10)-minute period shall result in a fifteen (15)-minute temporary lockout.

1. 3. Five (5) fifteen (15)-minute tempo-

rary lockouts within a thirty (30)-day period will result in a violations reset message.

1. 4. The violations reset message shall

instruct the operator to return the device to the installer for servicing within seven (7) days.

1. A. As the result of a reset message,

the installer must download the device.

1. B. The installer must report all viola-

tions to the court ordered supervising authority within seven (7) days.

1. 5. If the vehicle is not returned to the

installer within seven (7) days, the device shall cause the vehicle to enter a permanent lockout condition.

1. (C) A retest feature is required for all devices.

   1. 1. A device shall be programmed to

allow a rolling retest five (5) minutes after the start of the vehicle and randomly during each subsequent thirty (30)-minute time period thereafter as long as the vehicle is in operation.

1. 2. Any breath sample above the alcohol

retest setpoint of two-hundredths (.02) or any failure to provide a retest sample shall activate the vehicle’s horn and/or cause the vehicle’s emergency lights to flash until the engine is shut off by the operator.

1. 3. Once the engine has been shut off by

the operator, the device shall be programmed to allow a maximum of three (3) attempts to blow a sample below the alcohol setpoint within a ten (10)-minute period.

1. 4. Three (3) failed startup attempts with-

in a ten (10)-minute period shall result in a fifteen (15)-minute temporary lockout.

1. 5. Two (2) consecutive fifteen (15)-

minute temporary lockouts will result in a violations reset message.

1. 6. The violations reset message shall

instruct the operator to return the device to the installer for servicing within seven (7) days.

1. A. As the result of a reset message,

the installer must download the device.

1. B. The installer must report all viola-

tions to the court ordered supervising authority within seven (7) days.

1. 7. If the vehicle is not returned to the

installer within seven (7) days, the device shall cause the vehicle to enter a permanent lockout condition.

1. (D) The device shall provide for calibration at least once every thirty (30) days.

2. (E) A device shall record data in its memory in such a manner that a hard copy report can be printed which includes all of the following information:

   1. 1. The date and time of any use or

attempted use of a vehicle; and Operational Requirements

1. 2. The date and time of any act or

attempt to tamper, circumvent or bypass the device;

1. 3. The date, time and breath alcohol

concentration, in grams per two hundred ten (210) liters of air, of each breath sample provided to the device;

1. 4. The date and time of any malfunc-

tions of the device;

1. 5. The date and time of any failures to

provide retest samples;

1. 6. The date that a “service required”

(that is, violations reset) message is issued to the operator; and

1. 7. The date that any service is per-

formed.

1. (F) A device must provide all of the following information to an operator:

   1. 1. The device’s readiness for acceptance

of a breath sample;

1. 2. A numeric display of the breath alco-

hol concentration in grams per two hundred ten (210) liters of air, or a visual pass/fail indicator, or a combination audio response and visual pass/fail indicator, or a combination audio response and a numeric display;

1. 3. A reminder seven (7) days prior to a

scheduled service date; and

1. 4. A warning to obtain service within

seven (7) days if any of the following conditions occur:

1. A. Any act or attempt to tamper or

circumvent the device; and

1. B. A scheduled service date is

missed.

AUTHORITY: sections 577.600–577.614 and section 650.005, RSMo Supp. 1995.* This rule originally filed as 11 CSR 60-2.030. Emergency rule filed Feb. 5, 1996, effective Feb. 15, 1996, expired Aug. 12, 1996. Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1996, effective Aug. 30, 1996. Moved to 7 CSR 60-2.030, effective Aug. 28, 2003. *Original authority: 577.600–577.614, RSMo 1995 and 650.005, RSMo 1973, amended 1985, 1989, 1993, 1995.