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The Administrative Offices of the Board, through the State Director of Tests, administers and regulates the state breath alcohol testing program in compliance with the Oklahoma Administrative Code.  All analyses conducted by state, county, and municipal law enforcement officials are performed in accordance with these regulations, which require the certification of all aspects of breath testing.  These breath alcohol analyses are performed in conjunction with various alcohol related criminal offenses and the enforcement of the implied consent laws.

Duties include maintenance of the state inventory of approximately 188 breath testing instruments, certification of approximately 3,800 breath test operators, and conducting approximately 40 breath test operator certification courses per year.  Additionally, the Board also provides expert testimony as needed in contested criminal, civil, and administrative breath test cases.  The rules of Title 40 in the Oklahoma Administrative Code have been adopted to comply with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S., Sections 302, 305, and 307. They concern and control the organization, powers, duties, operations, and procedures of the Board with respect to its administration, rule-making, individual proceedings, and other activities.

Approve, maintain, and/or regulate devices, equipment, programs and other items used for or involved in tests for alcohol and other intoxicating substances under the provisions of 47 O.S., Sections 751-761 and 3 O.S., Section 303 and 63 O.S., Section 4210A.

• Ensure, through the rules adopted by the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the collection and analysis of a person's blood, breath or saliva is performed in such manner as to be considered valid and admissible in evidence.
• Establish the qualifications and requirements for personnel qualified to collect specimens of breath from human subjects for the determination of the alcohol concentration thereof, by direct or delayed analysis and provide the training necessary to meet those minimum standards set by state statute and the Board.
• License those devices, entities, and persons involved in the ignition interlock industry in Oklahoma and, by administrative oversight, ensure they meet the standards established in the BOT and under the provisions of 47 O.S., Section 6-212.3 and 47 O.S., Section 754.1 and 22 O.S., Section 991a.
  
• Administer the Impaired Driving Accountability Program (IDAP), an ignition interlock program created to aid driver's who have lost driving privileges and are seeking reinstatement under the provisions of 47 O.S., Section 6-212.5.