A CODIS user laboratory shall:
(1) comply with CODIS policy and with this chapter,
including the collection, preservation, shipment, and analysis of
a sample or specimen and access and use of the DNA database;
(2) follow the procedures established by the director
under this chapter and specified by the FBI, including the use of
comparable test procedures, profiles, laboratory equipment, supplies
and computer software;
(3) maintain accreditation in accordance with 37 TAC
§§651.1 - 651.11; and
(4) be subject to the provision of the annual audit
described by the FBI DNA Quality Assurance Audit Document. The laboratory
shall inform the director within 30 days of the completion of such
annual audit, and shall provide the director with a copy of the notification,
by the FBI, of the determination on all external audits within 30
days of receipt.
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