Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 15	TEXAS FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 651	DNA, CODIS, FORENSIC ANALYSIS, AND CRIME LABORATORIES
SUBCHAPTER C	FORENSIC ANALYST LICENSING PROGRAM
RULE §651.210	Provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License

(a) Issuance. The Commission may issue a provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License.

(b) Eligibility. An individual may apply to the Commission for a provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License if the individual meets the following qualifications:

(1) applicant is currently employed in an accredited laboratory for which the licensing requirements of this subchapter apply; and

(2) applicant cannot meet one or more of the forensic analyst license requirements set forth in this subchapter at the time of application but plans to meet all the requirements within the one-year provisional license period and meets all other requirements described in §651.207 of this subchapter, relating to Forensic Analyst Licensing Requirements Including License Term, Fee and Procedure for Denial of Application and Reconsideration.

(c) Application. An applicant for a provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License shall complete and submit to the Commission a current Provisional Forensic Analyst License Application form, pay the required fee and submit a signed statement on a form to be provided by the Commission stating he or she has fulfilled the eligibility requirements of this section.

(d) Provisional License Term. A provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License is granted for a period of one year from the date of issuance and is not eligible for renewal. A provisional Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License may only be issued to an individual one time.

(e) Scope of Provisional License. A provisionally licensed Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician may technically review or perform forensic analysis or draw conclusions from or interpret a forensic analysis for a court or crime laboratory to the extent a fully licensed Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician may perform these duties.

(f) Effective Date of Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician License Requirements for Provisionally Licensed Analysts. A provisionally licensed Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician shall be subject to the Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician licensing requirements in effect on the date the Forensic Analyst or Forensic Technician is granted the provisional license.

Source Note: The provisions of this §651.210 adopted to be effective May 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 3106; amended to be effective December 30, 2019, 44 TexReg 8336; amended to be effective April 5, 2020, 45 TexReg 2319