14B NCAC 19B .0105       FORENSIC LABORATORIES

(a)  Any forensic laboratory in this State that takes custody of a kit for purposes of conducting forensic testing shall:

(1)           Enter the transfer and receipt of the kit in the tracking System in accordance with System guidelines;

(2)           Enter all data on the examination in accordance with System guidelines; and

(3)           Enter the transfer of the kit back to the submitting law enforcement agency in the tracking System in accordance with System guidelines.

(b)  Any forensic laboratory in this State that receives into its custody a kit that does not already have tracking label shall affix a tracking label to the kit received from the Statewide System Administrator.

(c)  North Carolina law enforcement agencies that submit kits to private vendor laboratories or public laboratories outside of this State for purposes of conducting forensic testing shall coordinate with those laboratories to ensure that entries for the tracking of the kit are made in the System in accordance with System guidelines.

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

Eff. April 1, 2021.