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12-12-305. Housing and equipment — Functions.
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12-12-305. Housing and equipment — Functions.
(a) There shall be established under the supervision of the Director of the State Crime Laboratory a central office and laboratory facility sufficient and adequate to house the various functions of the State Crime Laboratory as set out in this subchapter and as may be necessary and proper for the laboratory to perform in carrying out its official duties and functions as provided by law.
(b) The laboratory shall have the equipment and personnel necessary to respond to the needs of all law enforcement agencies in the State of Arkansas with respect to the following functions:
(1) Forensic toxicology, including without limitation chemical testing and analysis of body fluids and the performance of procedures to determine the presence and significance of toxic agents both in the investigation of death cases authorized by this subchapter and in other appropriate cases;
(2) Criminalistics, including without limitation chemical testing of trace evidence, physical and microscopic analysis of evidence, latent fingerprint identification and classification, firearms and toolmarks identification, serology, DNA analysis, DNA database administration, and computer forensic analysis;
(3) Drug analysis, including without limitation analyzing and identifying substances suspected as being controlled, illicit, or contraband drugs;
(4) Pathology and biology, including the investigation and determination of the cause and manner of deaths that become subject to the jurisdiction of the State Medical Examiner under § 12-12-318 and the general application of the medical sciences to assist the criminal justice system in the State of Arkansas; and
(5) Any other laboratory divisions, sections, or functions that, in the opinion of the State C
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-305
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12-12-305. Housing and equipment — Functions.
(a) There shall be established under the supervision of the Director of the State Crime Laboratory a central office and laboratory facility sufficient and adequate to house the various functions of the State Crime Laboratory as set out in this subchapter and as may be necessary and proper for the laboratory to perform in carrying out its official duties and functions as provided by law.
(b) The laboratory shall have the equipment and personnel necessary to respond to the needs of all law enforcement agencies in the State of Arkansas with respect to the following functions:
(1) Forensic toxicology, including without limitation chemical testing and analysis of body fluids and the performance of procedures to determine the presence and significance of toxic agents both in the investigation of death cases authorized by this subchapter and in other appropriate cases;
(2) Criminalistics, including without limitation chemical testing of trace evidence, physical and microscopic analysis of evidence, latent fingerprint identification and classification, firearms and toolmarks identification, serology, DNA analysis, DNA database administration, and computer forensic analysis;
(3) Drug analysis, including without limitation analyzing and identifying substances suspected as being controlled, illicit, or contraband drugs;
(4) Pathology and biology, including the investigation and determination of the cause and manner of deaths that become subject to the jurisdiction of the State Medical Examiner under § 12-12-318 and the general application of the medical sciences to assist the criminal justice system in the State of Arkansas; and
(5) Any other laboratory divisions, sections, or functions that, in the opinion of the State Crime Laboratory Board, may serve the needs of law enforcement in the State of Arkansas for laboratory analysis.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-12-318. Examinations, investigations, and postmortem examinations — Authorization and restrictions.
(a)(1) When death occurs in such a manner or under such circumstances as described in § 12-12-315, the State Crime Laboratory shall have the power and authority to perform such functions and duties as may be provided by this subchapter.
(2)(A) The laboratory shall make examinations, investigations, or perform postmortem examinations to determine the cause of death as the Director of the State Crime Laboratory or his or her staff deems necessary or as may be requested by the:
(i) County coroner of the county in which death occurs or is discovered;
(ii) Prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which death occurs or is discovered;
(iii) County sheriff of the county in which death occurs or is discovered;
(iv) Chief of police of the city in which death occurs or is discovered;
(v) Board of Corrections or its designee, or the Director of the Division of Correction or his or her designee if the person was in the care, custody, or control of the Division of Correction at the time of death; or
(vi) Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police or his or her designee.
(B) Deputies of elected officers enumerated in subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section shall have no authority to request a postmortem examination by the laboratory.
(b)(1) In cases of sudden death in children between the ages of one (1) year and six (6) years with no previous major medical health problems, the State Medical Examiner, on a case-by-case basis, may delegate authority to the Arkansas Children's Hospital to perform postmortem examinations to determine the cause of death.
(2)(A) Should any such postmortem examination determine that death occurred from foul play or a criminal
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-318
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-12-318. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.