RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 111 (HB 448) 2015 Regular Session Pugh
New law increases the fee the deputy secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections
(DPS&C), public safety services, is authorized to charge for each copy of a certified abstract
of information from the files of the financial responsibility division from $6 to $16.
Existing law provides for chemical analyses of a person's blood, urine, breath, or other bodily
substance to be used as evidence of intoxication.
Existing law provides that persons performing such chemical analyses shall have a valid
permit issued by the DPS&C and use methods approved by the department.
Existing law authorizes DPS&C to use an individual's or a lab's certification by one or more
of the following professional organizations in its determination of the qualifications and
competence of the individuals and labs to whom the permits are issued:
(1)College of American Pathologists.
(2)American Board of Forensic Toxicology.
(3)Forensic Quality Services.
(4)American Society of Crime Lab Directors.
New law adds the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and changes
the name of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors to the American Society of Crime
Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).
Effective July 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 32:663(B) and 853(B))