WSR 98-17-095
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
STATE TOXICOLOGIST
[Filed August 19, 1998, 9:01 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Administration of breath test program, chapter 448-13 WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.61.506.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To clarify language regarding changing the simulator solution, interpretation of test results, definition of foreign object, and to make external standard test parameters consistent with changes to statute chapter 46.61 RCW regarding per se breath alcohol limit.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Federal government DOT (NHTSA) approves devices for this purpose, and is referenced in rule.
Process for Developing New Rule: Consultation with Washington State Patrol.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barry K. Logan, Ph.D., Washington State Toxicologist, 2203 Airport Way South, Seattle, WA 98134, phone (206) 343-5435, fax (206) 343-5435, e-mail logan@u.washington.edu.
August 7, 1998
Barry K. Logan Ph.D.
State Toxicologist