North Carolina § 15A-266 - 7. Procedures for conducting DNA analysis of DNA sample.
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§ 15A-266. 7. Procedures for conducting DNA analysis of DNA sample.
The Crime Laboratory shall: Adopt procedures to be used in the collection, security, submission, identification, analysis, and storage of DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under this Article. These procedures shall also include quality assurance guidelines to insure that DNA identification records meet audit standards for laboratories which submit DNA records to the State DNA Database. Adopt Quality Assurance Guidelines for DNA Testing Laboratories and DNA Databasing Laboratories that meet or exceed the quality assurance guidelines established for such laboratories by the CODIS unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. DNA samples shall be securely stored in the State DNA Databank. The typing results shall be securely stored in the State DNA Database. Records of testing shall be retained on file at the Crime Laboratory. History (1993, c. 401, s. 1; 2010-94, s. 8; 2013-360, s. 17.6(f).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-94, s. 8, effective February 1, 2011, in the section catchline, substituted "DNA sample" for "blood sample"; and rewrote the section, which formerly read: "The SBI shall adopt rules governing the procedures to be used in the submission, identification, analysis, and storage of DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under this Article. The DNA sample shall be securely stored in the State Databank. The typing results shall be securely stored in the State Database. These procedures shall also include quality assurance guidelines to insure that DNA identification records meet standards and audit standards for laboratories which submit DNA records to the State Database. Records of testing shall be retained on file at the SBI." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 17.6(f), effective July 1, 2013, substituted "Crime Laboratory" for "SBI" both times it appears. Legal Periodicals. - For comment, "Sacrificing Liberty for Security: North Carolina's Unconstitutional Search and Seizure of Arrestee DNA," see 34 Campbell L. Rev. 473 (2012).
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