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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 12A. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROVIDERS

43-12A-2. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. As used in this chapter, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Commissioner” means the commissioner of driver services.#

  3. (2)

    “Department” means the Department of Driver Services acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.#

  4. (3)

    “Ignition interlock device” means a constant monitoring device certified by the commissioner which prevents a motor vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol concentration of the operator through the taking of a deep lung breath sample. The system shall be calibrated so that the motor vehicle may not be started if the blood alcohol concentration of the operator, as measured by the device, exceeds 0.02 grams or if the sample is not a sample of human breath.#

  5. (4)

    “Provider center” means a facility established for the purpose of providing and installing ignition interlock devices when their use is required by or as a result of an order of a court.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-12A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 439, § 1/HB 276.

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Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, pages 468 to 469; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.