Section 651.3 - Recognition ProcessThe Commission must recognize an accrediting body under this section if the Commission determines that the accrediting body:
(1) issues an accreditation that is accepted throughout the relevant scientific community and appropriate or available to a crime laboratory or other entity that conducts forensic analyses of physical evidence for use in criminal proceedings;(2) has established adequate accreditation criteria reasonably likely to facilitate trustworthy forensic analysis;(3) requires a periodic competency audit or review of the personnel, facilities, and procedures employed by a crime laboratory or other entity to conduct a forensic analysis; and(4) withholds, grants, or withdraws its accreditation of a crime laboratory or other entity based on its own determination of a reasonable likelihood of meaningful corrective action for each deficiency noted during the periodic audit or review.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 651.3
The provisions of this §651.3 adopted to be effective June 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 4438; transferred effective September 1, 2015, as published in the Texas Register July 31, 2015, 40 TexReg 4907; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 51, December 18, 2015, TexReg 9306, eff. 12/24/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 40, October 6, 2017, TexReg 5489, eff. 10/8/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 07, February 16, 2024, TexReg 0877, eff. 2/25/2024