1. (a) Prior to any agency, laboratory, institution, school, or college conducting a course of instruction for operators of breath alcohol testing instruments and reference sample devices, it shall submit a course resume and list of instructors to the scientific director for approval. The course of instruction must be approved by the scientific director if participants are to be eligible to apply for operator certification.
2. (b) The operators course must contain, as a minimum, the subjects, hours of instruction, and laboratory practice set out in §19.4(a)(1) of this title (relating to Operator Certification). It is strongly recommended that the minimum operator course be 40 hours (including final exam) of pertinent instruction.
3. (c) All approved courses of instruction will be open to the scientific director or designated representative for inspection.
4. (d) Examinations for operator certification after completion of a course will be in accordance with §19.4(a)(2) of this title (relating to Operator Certification) and prior to commencing the course it will be the responsibility of the teaching agency to make arrangements with the office of the scientific director for the administration of such examinations.
5. (e) Prior to the administration of the examination by the scientific director, it shall be the responsibility of the teaching agency to provide proof that all students attending the course of instruction have been authorized and approved by the technical supervisor responsible for the technical supervision of the operator upon certification. Failure to provide this authorization will delay the administration of the examination and/or certification until such time as proof of authorization can be documented.
6. (f) Failure to maintain the provisions stated in this section will be cause for withdrawal of certification of a course of instruction.
7. (g) Each certified course of instruction shall be coordinated by or under the general direction or supervision of a certified technical supervisor.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.6 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective April 4, 1984, 9 TexReg 1701; amended to be effective September 8, 1986, 11 TexReg 3800; amended to be effective November 30, 1990, 15 TexReg 6602.