These regulations are promulgated pursuant to the authority conferred by R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-1.5-3(2), and are established for the purpose of adopting minimum standards for the collection, submission, identification, analysis, storage, and disposition of DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under the requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 12-1.5 and for the creation of a DNA database for use in criminal investigations and humanitarian identification purposes.
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