14B NCAC 19B .0103       LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

(a)  Each law enforcement agency in the State shall comply with System guidelines to track the:

(1)           receipt of kits by the law enforcement agency from medical service providers or Law Enforcement Support Services (LESS);

(2)           transfer of kits from the law enforcement agency to forensic laboratories; and

(3)           transfer of kits from forensic laboratories back to the law enforcement agency.

Each law enforcement agency shall enter all data in accordance with System guidelines and keep the data updated as the investigation of the incident evolves.

(b)  When a law enforcement agency submits a kit to any private vendor laboratory or any public laboratory outside of North Carolina for forensic testing, the law enforcement agency shall coordinate with that forensic laboratory to ensure that entries for the tracking of the kit are made in the System, in accordance with System guidelines.

(c)  Each law enforcement agency that receives into its custody a kit that does not already have an assigned tracking number shall affix a tracking label received from the Statewide System Administrator.

(d)  Each law enforcement agency shall enter all data from each previously untested kit in its custody into the North Carolina SAKI online data collection tool. Kits entered in the collection tool will be placed into STIMS by the Statewide System Administrator to make them trackable. Each law enforcement agency shall send an e-mail to NCSAKI@ncdoj.gov to gain access to the online data collection tool.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 114-65;

Eff. April 1, 2021.