HLS 18RS-606 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 427
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
PUBLIC SFTY/DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to the accreditation bodies that the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections may use to issue permits to testing
laboratories
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:663(B), relative to testing methods used by the Department
3 of Public Safety and Corrections; to provide for changes to the testing methods used
4 by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:663(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง663. Approval of testing methods by Department of Public Safety and Corrections
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10 B. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections may use an individual's
11 current certification to a nationally or internationally recognized certification body
12 or a laboratory's certification by one or more of the following professional
13 organizations current accreditation to an accreditation program based on the
14 international standard, ISO/IEC 17025, with an accreditation scope that includes
15 toxicology or blood alcohol, in its determination of the qualifications and
16 competence of individuals or laboratories as required by Subsection A of this Section
17 prior to the issuance of a permit. The certification by the following professional
18 organizations may be considered in issuing such permits:
19 (1) College of American Pathologists (CAP).
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1 (2) American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT).
2 (3) Forensic Quality Services (FQS).
3 (4) American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory
4 Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).
5 (5) American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 427 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Mack
Abstract: Changes the requirements for the Dept. of Public Safety to use in its
determination of the qualifications and competence of individuals and laboratories
who perform chemical analysis for the department.
Present law provides a list of accreditation bodies which the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections (department) may use to issue permits for the purposes of chemical analysis
testing.
Proposed law modifies present law by removing the list of accreditation bodies and instead
allows the department to use an individual or laboratory with an accreditation based upon
the international standard, ISO/IEC 17025, for the purposes of chemical analysis testing.
(Amends R.S. 32:663(B))
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