The Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences shall install and configure a video teleconferencing system in its facilities, in coordination with the Department of Justice and the Courts of Justice of Puerto Rico, which it may use to:
(a) Comply with the continuing education programs required for the accreditation, reaccreditation, association membership, and professional improvement of the entity’s personnel.
(b) Consult with experts locally, nationally, and internationally.
(c) Discuss cases with the prosecutors and criminal investigators of the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies.
(d) Carry out technical reviews of cases involving experts.
(e) Provide expert testimony during any stage of the court proceeding, insofar as it is authorized by the judge in pro se cases related to the Controlled Substances Act, but without impairing the right of the parties to object.
History —July 24, 1985, No. 13, p. 689, added as § 28-A on Dec. 29, 2009, No. 200, § 13.