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2011 Utah Code
Title 78B Judicial Code
Chapter 15 Utah Uniform Parentage Act
Section 504 Report of genetic testing.

78B-15-504. Report of genetic testing.
(1) A report of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this part is self-authenticating.
(2) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony:
(a) the names and photographs of the individuals whose specimens have been taken;
(b) the names of the individuals who collected the specimens;
(c) the places and dates the specimens were collected;
(d) the names of the individuals who received the specimens in the testing laboratory;
(e) the dates the specimens were received; and
(f) the finger prints of the individuals whose specimens have been taken.

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