37 Tex. Admin. Code § 651.5 - Forensic Disciplines Subject to Commission Accreditation
(a) Forensic analysis/recognized
accreditation. This section describes a forensic discipline or category of
analysis that involves forensic analysis for use in a criminal proceeding and
for which accreditation is available from a recognized accrediting
body.
(b) By discipline. A crime
laboratory may apply for Commission accreditation for one or more of the
following disciplines:
(1) Seized Drugs.
Categories of analysis may include one or more of the following: qualitative
determination, quantitative measurement, weight measurement, and volume
measurement;
(2) Toxicology.
Categories of analysis may include one or more of the following: qualitative
determination and quantitative measurement;
(3) Forensic Biology. Categories of analysis
may include one or more of the following: DNA-STR, DNA-YSTR, DNA-Mitochondrial,
DNA-massively parallel sequencing, body fluid identification, relationship
testing, microbiology, individual characteristic database, and nucleic acids
other than human DNA;
(4)
Firearms/Toolmarks. Categories of analysis may include one or more of the
following: physical comparison, determination of functionality, length
measurement, trigger pull force measurement, qualitative chemical
determination, distance determination, ejection pattern determination, product
(make/model) determination;
(5)
Materials (Trace). Categories of analysis may include one or more of the
following: physical determination, chemical determination, physical/chemical
comparison, product (make/model) determination, gunshot residue analysis,
footwear and tire tread analysis, and fire debris and explosives analysis
(qualitative determination); or
(6)
Other discipline and its related categories of analysis if accredited by a
recognized accrediting body and approved by the Commission.
(c) Cross-disciplines and
categories of analysis. A laboratory may choose to assign a particular
discipline or category of analysis to a different administrative section or
unit in the laboratory than the designation set forth in this
subchapter.
(d) If an accreditation
for a category of analysis is accompanied by the term 'only' or a similar
notation, the Commission will deem the accreditation to exclude other
categories of analysis in that discipline.
(e) Accreditation of a confirmation test
procedure does not carry automatic accreditation of an associated field, spot,
screening, or other presumptive test.
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