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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 28DNA, CODIS, FORENSIC ANALYSIS, AND CRIME LABORATORIES
SUBCHAPTER DCODIS RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
RULE §28.63Sample Collection

(a) Time to collect. TJJD shall obtain the sample from a juvenile during the initial examination or at another time determined by TJJD.

(b) Use of force. A TJJD employee may use force against a juvenile required to provide a sample under this subchapter when and to the degree the employee reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to collect the sample.

(c) Contracts. TJJD may contract for phlebotomy services under this subchapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §28.63 adopted to be effective February 7, 2005, 30 TexReg 407; amended to be effective April 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 2372; amended to be effective September 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 5741

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