ARS 28-1461: Certified ignition interlock devices

A. If a person’s driving privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402:

1. The person shall:

(a) Pay the costs for installation and maintenance of the certified ignition interlock device.

(b) Provide proof to the department of installation of a functioning certified ignition interlock device in each motor vehicle operated by the person.

(c) Provide proof of compliance to the department at least once every ninety days during the period the person is ordered to use an ignition interlock device.

(d) Provide proof of calibration of the certified ignition interlock device to the department at least once every ninety days during the period the person is ordered to use an ignition interlock device.

2. The department shall not reinstate the person’s driving privilege or issue a special ignition interlock restricted driver license until the person has installed a functioning certified ignition interlock device in each motor vehicle operated by the person and has provided proof of installation to the department.

B. While a person maintains a functioning certified ignition interlock device in a vehicle pursuant to this chapter, the ignition interlock manufacturer shall electronically provide the following information to the department in the manner and format prescribed by the department in rule, and the department shall reject any information that does not meet these requirements:

1. Any tampering or circumvention.

2. Any failure to provide proof of compliance or inspection of the certified ignition interlock device as prescribed in this section.

3. Any attempt to operate the vehicle with an alcohol concentration exceeding the presumptive limit as prescribed in section 28-1381, subsection G, paragraph 3 or, if the person is under twenty-one years of age, any attempt to operate the vehicle with any spirituous liquor in the person’s body.

4. Each time that a person fails to properly perform any set of three consecutive rolling retests that occur during a drive cycle.

C. If the person is under eighteen years of age, the ignition interlock service provider, if requested by the person’s parent or legal guardian, shall provide to the person’s parent or legal guardian the information prescribed in subsection B of this section.

D. On request, the ignition interlock manufacturer shall provide the information prescribed in subsection B of this section to:

1. The department of health services authorized provider.

2. The probation department that is providing alcohol or other drug screening, education or treatment to the person.

3. The physician, psychologist, physician assistant, registered nurse practitioner or addiction counselor who is evaluating the person’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle following a revocation of the person’s driving privilege as prescribed in section 28-3315, subsection D.

4. The court.

E. The department shall extend an ignition interlock restricted or limited driver license and the certified ignition interlock device period for six months if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following applies:

1. The person tampered with or circumvented the certified ignition interlock device.

2. The person attempted to operate the vehicle with an alcohol concentration exceeding the presumptive limit as prescribed in section 28-1381, subsection G, paragraph 3, two or more times during the period of license restriction or limitation.

3. If the person is under twenty-one years of age, the person attempted to operate the vehicle with any spirituous liquor in the person’s body during the period of license restriction or limitation.

4. The person failed to provide proof of compliance or inspection as prescribed in this section.

5. The person attempts to operate the vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more during a six month extension pursuant to this subsection.

6. The person fails to properly perform any set of three consecutive rolling retests that occur during a drive cycle.

F. If the special ignition interlock restricted license is extended pursuant to subsection E of this section, the limitations prescribed in sections 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 and 28-3319 do not begin until the restrictive period of the license ends.

G. The department shall make a notation on the driving record of a person whose driving privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383, 28-1385 or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402 that states that the person shall not operate a motor vehicle unless it is equipped with a certified ignition interlock device. Unless the person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of section 28-1381, 28-1382 or 28-1383, the notation may not include any mark, color change or other notation or indication on the person’s physical driver license.

H. Proof of compliance does not include a skipped or missed random sample if the motor vehicle’s ignition is off at the time of the skipped or missed sample.