| (a) Capabilities. The DNA database must be capable
of classifying, matching, and storing the profiles or other results
of analyses of DNA.
(b) National standards. Standards for DNA analysis
shall meet or exceed the current standards for quality assurance and
proficiency testing for forensic DNA analysis issued by the FBI. The
DNA database may contain only DNA records of DNA analyses, including
profiles, performed according to the standards required by this chapter.
(c) Compatibility. The DNA database must be compatible
with the national DNA index system (NDIS) procedures sponsored by
the FBI to the extent required by the FBI to permit the useful exchange
and storage of DNA records or information derived from those records,
including profiles.
(d) FBI liaison. The director or a designee is the
liaison for DNA data, records, profiles, evidence, and other related
matters between the FBI and a DNA laboratory or a criminal justice
or law enforcement agency.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §28.26 adopted to be effective February 7, 2005, 30 TexReg 407; amended to be effective April 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 2371; amended to be effective December 11, 2017, 42 TexReg 6941 |
