NAC484C.020. Forensic analyst of alcohol: Certification.

     1. A person must apply to the Director or his or her designee on a form furnished by the Department of Public Safety for certification as a forensic analyst of alcohol.

     2. The Director or his or her designee shall certify as a forensic analyst of alcohol each applicant who:

     (a) Possesses a baccalaureate degree in a natural, physical or forensic science;

     (b) Has completed a minimum of:

          (1) Twenty-four semester hours in the study of chemistry at an accredited college or university; or

          (2) Eighteen semester hours in the study of chemistry at an accredited college or university and 1 year of full-time experience which has been approved by the Committee and is related to the forensic analysis of alcohol;

     (c) Has successfully completed a course which has been approved by the Committee and consisted of at least 24 hours of instruction on the design, calibration and operation of the kind of breath-testing devices that the applicant will be calibrating or teaching others to operate; and

     (d) Demonstrates his or her competence in calibrating breath-testing devices and in evaluating others on their competence in operating those devices.

     3. Certification as a forensic analyst of alcohol is valid for 2 years after the date of certification.

     (Added to NAC by Com. on Testing for Intoxication, eff. 10-26-83; A 3-11-86; R112-97, 5-26-98; R032-05, 10-31-2005; R141-10, 5-5-2011)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 484.596)