Processing of offender specimens.

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§844D-64 Processing of offender specimens. (a) To ensure expeditious and economical processing of offender specimens and samples for inclusion in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System and the state DNA database and data bank identification program, the department is authorized to contract with other laboratories, whether public or private, including law enforcement laboratories, that have the capability of fully analyzing offender specimens or samples within sixty days of receipt, for the anonymous forensic identification testing of specimens and samples as provided in this chapter and in accordance with the quality assurance requirement established by the FBI for its Combined DNA Index System.

(b) Contingent upon the availability of sufficient funds, the department shall immediately contract with other laboratories, whether public or private, including law enforcement laboratories, for the anonymous forensic identification testing of offender reference specimens or samples and any arrestee reference specimens or samples collected pursuant to section 844D-31(a), as provided in subsection (a) of this section and in accordance with the quality assurance requirements established by the FBI for its Combined DNA Index System for any specimens or samples that are not fully analyzed and uploaded into the Combined DNA Index System database within six months of the receipt of the reference specimens or samples by the department. [L 2005, c 112, pt of §1]


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