| (iii) designates an official university representative
who will proctor and administer the exam at the university for the
student.
(C) Crime Laboratory Management and Unaccredited Forensic
Discipline Exception. An Employee of a crime laboratory accredited
under Texas law who is either part of the crime laboratory's administration
or management team or authorized for independent casework in a forensic
discipline listed below is eligible for the General Forensic Analyst
Licensing Exam and Modified General Forensic Analyst Licensing Exam:
(i) forensic anthropology;
(ii) the location, identification, collection or preservation
of physical evidence at a crime scene;
(iii) crime scene reconstruction;
(iv) latent print processing or examination;
(v) digital evidence (including computer forensics,
audio, or imaging);
(vi) breath specimen testing under Transportation Code,
Chapter 724, limited to analysts who perform breath alcohol calibrations;
and
(vii) document examination, including document authentication,
physical comparison, and product determination.
(h) Proficiency Monitoring Requirement.
(1) An applicant must demonstrate participation in
the employing laboratory's process for intra-laboratory comparison,
inter-laboratory comparison, proficiency testing, or observation-based
performance monitoring requirements in compliance with and on the
timeline set forth by the laboratory's accrediting body's proficiency
monitoring requirements as applicable to the Forensic Analyst or Forensic
Technician's specific forensic discipline and job duties.
(2) A signed certification by the laboratory's authorized
representative that the applicant has satisfied the applicable proficiency
monitoring requirements, including any intra-laboratory comparison,
inter-laboratory comparison, proficiency testing, or observation-based
performance monitoring requirements of the laboratory's accrediting
body as of the date of the analyst's application, must be provided
on the Proficiency Monitoring Certification form provided by the Commission.
The licensee's authorized representative must designate the specific
forensic discipline in which the Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician
actively performs forensic casework or is currently authorized to
perform supervised or independent casework by the laboratory or employing
entity.
(i) Mandatory Legal and Professional Responsibility
Course:
(1) All Forensic Analyst and Forensic Technician License
applicants must complete the current Commission-sponsored mandatory
legal and professional responsibility update at the time of their
application or demonstrate that they have taken the training within
the 12-month period preceding the date of their application.
(2) Mandatory legal and professional responsibility
training topics may include training on current and past criminal
forensic legal issues, professional responsibility and human factors,
courtroom testimony, disclosure and discovery requirements under state
and federal law, and other relevant topics as designated by the Commission.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §651.207 adopted to be effective May 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 3106; amended to be effective December 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 7910; amended to be effective April 23, 2019, 44 TexReg 2057; amended to be effective July 15, 2019, 44 TexReg 3549; amended to be effective September 15, 2019, 44 TexReg 4875; amended to be effective April 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 2318; amended tobe effective August 26, 2020, 45 TexReg 5931; amended to be effective October 24, 2021, 46 TexReg 7076; amended tobe effective November 9, 2022, 47 TexReg 7425; amended to be effective July 23, 2023, 48 TexReg 3994; amended to be effective March 19, 2024, 49 TexReg 1498 |
