# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 13 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Equipment

### Chapter 10 — Ignition Interlock Systems

#### Regulation .16 Removal of the Device.

*COMAR 11.13.10.16*

A. When notified in writing by the originating court or the Administration, the approved service provider shall remove the device and return the vehicle to normal operating condition. All severed wires shall be permanently reconnected and insulated with heat shrink tubing or its equivalent.

B. Whenever a device is removed for repair and cannot immediately be reinstalled, a substitute device shall be used. A participant's vehicle may not be driven without a required device.

C. Before removal of a device, the manufacturer shall notify the originating court except under the following conditions:

  (1) Completion of sentence, or other terms of a court order; or

  (2) Immediate device repair needs.