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§ 15A‑266.8.  DNA database exchange.

(a)       It shall be the duty of the SBI to receive DNA samples, to store, to analyze or to contract out the DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory that meets the guidelines as established by the SBI, classify, and file the DNA record of identification characteristic profiles of DNA samples submitted pursuant to G.S. 15A‑266.7 and to make such information available as provided in this section.  The SBI may contract out DNA typing analysis to a qualified DNA laboratory that meets guidelines as established by the SBI.  The results of the DNA profile of individuals in the State Database shall be made available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies, approved crime laboratories which serve these agencies, or the district attorney's office upon written or electronic request and in furtherance of an official investigation of a criminal offense.  These records shall also be available upon receipt of a valid court order directing the SBI to release these results to appropriate parties not listed above, when the court order is signed by a superior court judge after a hearing.  The SBI shall maintain a file of such court orders.

(b)       The SBI shall adopt rules governing the methods of obtaining information from the State Database and CODIS and procedures for verification of the identity and authority of the requester.

(c)       The SBI shall create a separate population database comprised of blood samples obtained under this Article, after all personal identification is removed.  Nothing shall prohibit the SBI from sharing or disseminating population databases with other law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories that serve them, or other third parties the SBI deems necessary to assist the SBI with statistical analysis of the SBI's population databases.  The population database may be made available to and searched by other agencies participating in the CODIS system. (1993, c. 401.)