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      Sec. 54-102i. Procedure for conducting DNA analysis of blood or other biological sample. (a) Whether or not the results of an analysis are to be included in the data bank, the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Public Safety shall conduct the DNA analysis in accordance with procedures adopted by the division to determine identification characteristics specific to the individual whose blood or other biological sample is being analyzed. Such procedures shall conform to nationally recognized and accepted standards for DNA analysis. The Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee shall complete and maintain on file a form indicating the name of the person whose sample is to be analyzed, the date and by whom the sample was received and examined, and a statement that the seal on the tube or container had not been broken or otherwise tampered with. The remainder of a sample submitted for analysis and inclusion in the data bank pursuant to section 54-102g may be divided, labeled as provided for the original sample, and securely stored by the division in accordance with specific procedures set forth in regulations adopted by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the samples. All or part of the remainder of that sample may be used only (1) to create a statistical data base provided no identifying information on the individual whose sample is being analyzed is included, or (2) for retesting by the division to validate or update the original analysis.

      (b) A report of the results of a DNA analysis conducted by the division as authorized, including the profile and identifying information, shall be made and maintained at the division. A certificate and the results of the analysis shall be admissible in any court as evidence of the facts therein stated. Except as specifically provided in this section and section 54-102j, the results of the analysis shall be securely stored and shall remain confidential.

      (P.A. 94-246, S. 3; P.A. 96-2; P.A. 99-218, S. 12, 16; P.A. 03-242, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 96-2 amended Subsec. (b) to provide for the initiation of a DNA testing process rather than conducting a DNA analysis; P.A. 99-218 replaced the State Police Forensic Science Laboratory with the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Public Safety, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 03-242 amended Subsec. (a) to make provisions applicable to "other biological" samples in addition to blood samples, add reference to a "container" and make conforming and technical changes, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision that required the division to initiate a DNA testing process not later than forty-five days after receipt of a blood sample.