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OSAC Registry Standards – Laboratory Implementation Declaration

Forensic Science Laboratory: _____________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________ 

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Declaration:

This forensic science laboratory has self-adopted, either in its entirety or partially, the following 

standards on the OSAC Registry in its Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Manual(s) and/or 

Quality Manual. 

Biology/DNA | Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | Digital Evidence | Dogs & Sensors | Facial Identification | 

Fire & Explosion Investigation | Fire Debris | Medicolegal Death Investigation | Odontology | Seized 

Drugs | Toxicology | Trace Evidence | Wildlife Forensics | Interdisciplinary 

Biology/DNA

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 022, Standard for Forensic DNA Analysis Training Programs, First Edition, 2019

(added September 1, 2020).

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 020, Standard for Validation Studies of DNA Mixtures, and Development and

Verification of a Laboratory’s Mixture Interpretation Protocol, First Edition, 2018 (added May 12, 2020).

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 040, Standard for Forensic DNA Interpretation and Comparison Protocols, First

Edition, 2019 (added May 12, 2020).

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

☐ ASB Technical Report 033, Terms and Definitions in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, First Edition, 2017

(added June 3, 2020).

Digital Evidence

☐ ASTM E2916-19e1 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination (added

July 7, 2020).

☐ ASTM E3017-19 Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers (added July 7, 2020).

☐ ASTM E3150-18 Standard Guide for Forensic Audio Lab Setup and Maintenance (added July 7, 2020).
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Dogs & Sensors

☐ ASB Technical Report 025, Crime Scene/Death Investigation - Dogs and Sensors - Terms and

Definitions, First Edition, 2017 (added October 1, 2019).

Facial Identification

☐ ASTM E3115-17 Standard Guide for Capturing Facial Images for Use with Facial Recognition Systems

(added October 1, 2019).

☐ ASTM E3148-18 Standard Guide for Postmortem Facial Image Capture (added October 1, 2019).

☐ ASTM E3149-18 Standard Guide for Facial Image Comparison Feature List for Morphological Analysis

(added February 14, 2019).

Fire & Explosion Investigation 

☐ NFPA 921:2017 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations (added November 1, 2017).

☐ NFPA 1033:2014 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator (added December 22,

2016).

Fire Debris

☐ ASTM E1388-17 Standard Practice for Static Headspace Sampling of Vapors from Fire Debris Samples

(added December 1, 2020).

☐ ASTM E1412-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris

Samples by Passive Headspace Concentration with Activated Charcoal (added December 1, 2020).

☐ ASTM E1413-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris

Samples by Dynamic Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube (added December 1, 2020).

☐ ASTM E3189-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris

Samples by Static Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube (added December 1, 2020).

Medicolegal Death Investigation

☐ ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 007, Postmortem Impression Submission Strategy for

Comprehensive Searches of Essential Automated Fingerprint Identification System Databases, First

Edition, 2018 (added September 5, 2019).

☐ ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 010, Forensic Anthropology in Disaster Victim

Identification: Best Practice Recommendations for the Medicolegal Authority, First Edition, 2018 (added

September 5, 2019).
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Odontology

☐ ADA 1088-2017D Human Identification by Comparative Dental Analysis (added March 7, 2019).

☐ ANSI/ADA 1058-2010D Forensic Dental Data Set (added February 14, 2019).

Seized Drugs

☐ ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs (added August 7, 2018).

☐ ASTM E2548-11e1 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative

Analysis (added April 3, 2017).

Toxicology

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 036, Standard Practices for Method Validation in Forensic Toxicology, First

Edition, 2019 (added July 7, 2020).

☐ ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 037, Guidelines for Opinions and Testimony in Forensic

Toxicology, First Edition, 2019 (added November 5, 2019).

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 017, Standard Practices for Measurement Traceability in Forensic Toxicology,

First Edition, 2018 (added June 18, 2019).

Trace Evidence

☐ ASTM E3233-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Tape Analysis Training Program (added November 3,

2020).

☐ ASTM E3234-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Paint Analysis Training Program (added November 3,

2020).

☐ ASTM E1967 Standard Test Method for the Automated Determination of Refractive Index of Glass

Samples Using the Oil Immersion Method and a Phase Contrast Microscope (added July 7, 2020).

☐ ASTM E2330 Standard Test Method for Determination of Concentrations of Elements in Glass

Samples Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Forensic Comparisons (added

July 7, 2020).

☐ ASTM E3085-17 Standard Guide for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Tape

Examinations (added September 11, 2018).

☐ ASTM E1610-18 Standard Guide for Forensic Paint Analysis and Comparison (added June 26, 2018).

☐ ASTM E2937-18 Standard Guide for Using Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Paint Examinations

(added June 26, 2018).

☐ ASTM E2927-16e1 Standard Test Method for Determination of Trace Elements in Soda-Lime Glass

Samples Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Comparisons

(added June 5, 2018).

☐ ASTM E2926-17 Standard Test Method for Forensic Comparison of Glass Using Micro X-ray

Fluorescence (μ-XRF) Spectrometry (added July 31, 2017).
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Wildlife Forensics

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 028, Wildlife Forensics Morphology Standards, First Edition, 2019 (added June 3,

2020).

☐ ANSI/ASB Standard 047, Wildlife Forensics Validation Standard—Validating New Primers for

Sequencing, First Edition, 2019 (added June 3, 2020).

Interdisciplinary

☐ ANSI/NIST ITL-1: 2011 (Update 2015) Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other

Biometric Information (added November 3, 2020).

☐ ISO 21043-2 Forensic Sciences - Part 2: Recognition, recording, collecting transport and storage of

items (added December 3, 2019).

☐ ASTM E2917-19a Standard Practice for Forensic Science Practitioner Training, Continuing Education,

and Professional Development Programs (added November 5, 2019).

☐ ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration

Laboratories (added June 18, 2019).

☐ ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity Assessment—Requirements for the Operation of Various Types of

Bodies Performing Inspection (added April 18, 2017).

☐ ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration

Laboratories (added September 27, 2016).

Laboratory Director: ___________________________ Date: _______________________