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V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4201. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “CODIS” or “Combined DNA Index System” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation's combined DNA identification Index System, which includes the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by the Virgin Islands, states and local forensic DNA laboratories or by federal and state criminal justice and law enforcement agencies. (b) “Conviction” includes a conviction by a jury or a court, a guilty plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity or mental disease or defect. (c) “Databank” means the repository of DNA samples collected under this chapter and maintained by the Director. (d) “Database” means the DNA identification records, computer system and software maintained and administered by the Director. (e) “Department” means the Virgin Islands Department of Justice. (f) “Designated offender” means an individual charged with or convicted of any felony or violent crime or any misdemeanor sexual offense or attempt or conspiracy to commit any felony or violent crime or any misdemeanor sexual offense under title 14 of the Virgin Islands Code, or any person on parole, probation or supervised release upon a conviction of a designated offense. (g) “Designated offender” also means a juvenile tried as adults for any “designated offense”; or a juvenile who has committed a “designated offense” and has had its case transferred pursuant to title 5 V.I.C. § 2508. (h) “Designated offense” means any felony or violent crime or any misdemeanor sexual offense or attempt or conspiracy to commit any felony or crime of violence as defined in title 23 V.I.C., section 451(e), or any misdemeanor sexual offense under title 14 of the Virgin Island Code. (i) “Director” means the director of DNA Database and Databank. (j) “DNA” means deoxyribonucleic acid. (k) “DNA analysis” means analysis of DNA identification information in a bodily sample utilizing DNA testing, as well as the methods, procedures, assumptions, and studies used to draw statistical inferences from the test results. (l) “DNA record” means DNA information that is derived from a DNA sample and DNA analysis and is stored in the Virgin Islands DNA database or in CODIS, including all records pertaining to DNA analysis. (m) “DNA sample” means tissue, fluid, or other biological sample or specimen samples of an individual of which DNA evidence can be collected for analysis. (n) “DNA testing” means any test that employs techniques to examine deoxyribonucleic acid derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information to resolve issues of identification. (o) “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. (p) “Law enforcement” means the Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, the Bureau of Correction and the Territorial Probation Office.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4202. Establishment; Director

 (a) There is established within the Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, a Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank under the supervision of a Director. (b) The Governor shall appoint the Director on the basis of knowledge and experience in the field of forensic sciences. The Director is responsible for DNA analysis and the management and administration of the Databank and Database.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4203 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4203. DNA sample required

 (a) All designated offenders shall submit a DNA sample collected by a person authorized pursuant to section 4204, subsection (b), to determine identification characteristics specific to that person and to be included in the Database. The submission of a DNA sample is not stayed pending a motion for new trial, an appeal of a sentence, appeal to an appellate court or other post conviction motions or petitions. (b) Any person charged with or convicted of a designated offense before the effective date of this chapter and who is incarcerated on the date of enactment, shall submit a DNA sample, consistent with the provisions this chapter. (c) The Territorial Probation Office shall collect a DNA sample for each designated offender on probation, parole, or supervised release. (d) For each individual described in subsections (a) through (c), if the Virgin Islands DNA database or databank contains a DNA analysis with respect to that individual, the Attorney General, the Bureau of Corrections, the Territorial Probation Office or the Board of Parole may collect a DNA sample from that individual. (e) For purposes of this section, a DNA sample must be taken from the person using the “buccal swab” technique only. (f) Any person required to submit a DNA sample under this section and who refuses to submit the DNA sample is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years or both such fine and imprisonment.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4204 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4204. Collection procedures; costs; collection materials; civil liability

 (a) The Director, after consultation with the Attorney General, shall establish regulations or procedures for the collection of DNA samples, including standards for training persons responsible for collection of DNA samples. (b) Only a physician, registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, phlebotomist, health care worker with phlebotomist training or a person licensed and trained by the Director may collect DNA samples. (c) The Director shall determine the cost of preparing, collecting and processing a DNA sample. The designated offender shall pay the cost of preparing, collecting and processing a DNA sample, unless the person is indigent as determined by 5 V.I.C., § 3503. The fees collected are retained by the Department to offset costs associated with creating, maintaining and administering the Databank and Database. (d) The Department shall provide all blood sample vials, collection tubes, mailing tubes, other DNA sample collection materials, labels and instructions for the collection of DNA samples. (e) If a person authorized under this section to collect DNA samples employs recognized medical procedures and complies with all regulations and procedures promulgated by the Director for the collection of DNA samples, that person is not subject to civil liability for the act of withdrawing blood, or any other act directly related to the taking of a DNA sample. (f) The Director may use or authorize law enforcement personnel to use means necessary to detain, restrain, and collect DNA samples from a designated offender who refuses to cooperate in the collection and submission of a DNA sample. Law enforcement personnel are not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for the use of reasonable force.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4205. DNA analysis

 All DNA samples collected pursuant to section 4203, subsection (a), must be forwarded to the Director for DNA analysis. The Director may employ independent forensic laboratories to perform the DNA analysis required under section 4203, subsection (a). The Director shall provide for the receipt and analysis of DNA samples and for the filing and storage of DNA records derived from the DNA analysis in the Database. A report of the results of a DNA analysis conducted by the Director, including the profile and identifying information, must be made and maintained at the Department. A certificate and the results of the analysis are admissible in any court as evidence of the facts contained in the certificate and the results of the analysis. Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the results of an analysis must be securely stored and must be treated as and remain confidential. The Director shall promulgate regulations governing the submission, receipt, identification, storage and disposal of DNA samples.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4206 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4206. Quality assurance program

 The Director shall establish a quality assurance program that must include proficiency standards for laboratories and analysts responsible for performing DNA testing and analysis. The procedural rules and quality assurance program, laboratory techniques, laboratory equipment, supplies, computer software and acceptance criteria for DNA records in CODIS must be compatible with those used by the FBI. Independent laboratories utilized by the Director shall comply with the regulations and the procedural rules and quality assurance program established under to this section. With respect to any independent forensic laboratory that performs or seeks to perform the DNA analysis required under section 4203, subsection (a), the Director may audit the laboratory for compliance with the regulations or procedures as may be adopted under this chapter and may revoke such laboratory's right to create and exchange DNA records on behalf of the Department on the ground that the laboratory has failed to comply with any regulations, procedures, rules or quality assurance programs established pursuant to this section.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4207 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4207. Confidentiality and disclosure

 (a) Records, findings, reports, and results of DNA testing, may be disclosed, upon written or electronic request, to the following persons for the following purposes: (1) the court, the prosecution and the defense in a criminal proceeding pursuant to a written request on a form prescribed by the Director; (2) the Department, the Virgin Islands Police Department, Bureau of Corrections, the Territorial Probation Office, to the Parole Board or to prosecuting officers within the Territory upon formal request in writing or electronically; (3) territorial and federal criminal justice and law enforcement and prosecuting agencies, including forensic laboratories serving such agencies, for identification purposes in order to further official criminal investigations or prosecutions; except, that any DNA sample obtained directly from a person not otherwise required to submit a DNA sample under this chapter and delivered to the Director for comparison with DNA records in the Database must be obtained pursuant to a warrant; (4) the FBI for storage and maintenance in CODIS; (5) to comply with the statutory obligations required under federal law as a condition to obtaining federal grants or other funding; and (6) to authorized persons or organizations, but excluding personal identifying information, only for the limited purpose of: (A) advancing DNA analysis methods and supporting statistical interpretation of DNA analysis, including development of population databases; or (B) assisting in the identification of human remains from mass disasters; and (7) to territorial and other jurisdictions' law enforcement agencies for assisting the identification and recovery of missing persons. (b) Except as provide in subsection (a), all records, findings, reports, and results of DNA testing performed on any person are confidential and may not be disclosed in any manner without the consent of the person whose DNA record is to be disclosed. The records, findings, reports and results may not to be released to insurance companies, employers or potential employers, health providers, employment screening or personnel companies, agencies, or services, private investigation services, and may not be disclosed in response to a subpoena or other compulsory legal process or warrant, or upon request or order of any agency, authority, division, office, corporation, partnership, or any other private or public entity or person, except that nothing contained in this subsection may prohibit disclosure in response to a subpoena issued on behalf of the person whose DNA record is to be disclosed or on behalf of a party in a civil proceeding where the subject of the DNA record has put the record in issue.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4208 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4208. Penalties

 (a) Any person who, by virtue of employment or official position, has possession of, or access to, a DNA sample or record or portion of a sample record contained in the Database and who willfully discloses any portion of a record or portion of a sample or a record in any manner to any person or agency not authorized to receive the record or portion thereof is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. (b) Any person who, without proper authorization, willfully obtains a DNA record or a portion of a record contained in the Database is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years or both such fine and imprisonment. (c) Any person who tampers with or attempts to tamper with a DNA sample or DNA record with the intent to interfere with DNA analysis is subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years or both such fine and imprisonment.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4209 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4209. Expungement

 (a) If an individual, either voluntarily or pursuant to a warrant or order of a court, has submitted a sample for DNA testing in connection with the investigation or prosecution of a crime and (i) no criminal action against the individual relating to the crime was commenced within applicable limitations period, or (ii) a criminal action was commenced against the individual relating to the crime which resulted in a complete acquittal, or (iii) a criminal action against the individual relating to the crime resulted in a conviction that was subsequently reversed or vacated, or for which the individual was granted a pardon, the individual may apply to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands or to the court in which the judgment of conviction was originally entered for an order directing the expungement of any DNA record and any samples, analyses, or other documents relating to the DNA testing of the individual in connection with the investigation or prosecution of the crime. (b) A copy of the application must be served on the Attorney General, and an order directing expungement may be granted if the court finds that: (1) the individual has satisfied the conditions of this subsection (a); (2) if a judgment of conviction was reversed or vacated, all appeals relating thereto have been concluded and the individual will not be retried; or (3) if a retrial has occurred, the trier of fact has rendered a verdict of complete acquittal, and that expungement will not adversely affect the investigation or prosecution of some other person or persons for the crime. (c) If an order directing the expungement of any DNA record and any samples, analyses or other documents relating to the DNA testing of the individual is issued, the record and any samples, analyses, or other documents may, at the discretion of the possessor thereof, be destroyed or returned to the individual or to the attorney who represented the individual in connection with the application for the order of expungement.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4210 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4210. Petition to require testing

 A person who was convicted of and sentenced for an offense may file a written petition with the sentencing court to require the DNA testing and analysis of any evidence that meets the following criteria: (1) The evidence is in the possession or control of a court, the Territory or otherwise contained in the Virgin Islands DNA database established under law; (2) The evidence is related to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in the person's conviction; and (3) The evidence may contain biological matter that is subject to DNA testing and analysis.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4211 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part II - Special Proceedings|Chapter 345 - Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank|§ 4211. Separability

 If any provision or, part of this chapter is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or application of this section which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision of this section are severable.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4501 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4501. Findings and purposes

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) The Government has a basic obligation to protect the public by providing institutional confinement and care of offenders and, where appropriate, treatment in the community; (2) Efforts to rehabilitate and restore criminal offenders as lawabiding and productive members of society are essential to the reduction of crime; (3) Upgrading of correctional institutions and rehabilitative services deserves priority consideration as a means of lowering crime rates and of preventing offenders, particularly youths, first offenders, and misdemeanants, from becoming trapped in careers of crime; and (4) Correctional institutions and services should be so diversified in programs and personnel as to facilitate individualized treatment. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the custody, care, discipline, training, treatment and study of persons committed to correctional institutions or on probation or parole, and to supervise and assist in the treatment, training and study of persons in correctional and detention facilities, so that such persons may be prepared for release, aftercare and supervision in the community.
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4502 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4502. Definitions

 As used in this chapter: (a) “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older, or a juvenile transferred from the Family Division to a Court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to section 2508 of this title, and committed to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections for incarceration and the service of sentence. (b) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Corrections in section 4503(a). (c) “Juvenile”, “minor”, or “youthful” means a person less than eighteen years of age. (d) “Offender” means any person convicted of a crime or offense under the laws of the Virgin Islands. (e) “Institution” means a prison, penitentiary, jail, workhouse, training school, or other facility operated by the Government of the Virgin Islands for the correction of offenders. (f) “Detention” means the temporary care of juveniles and adults who require secure custody for their own or the community's protection in a physically restricting facility. (g) “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Corrections. (h) “Halfway house” means a community based and oriented facility which may provide “live-in” accommodations for offenders who are assisted to obtain and hold regular employment; to enroll in and maintain academic courses; to participate in vocational training programs; to utilize the resources of the community in meeting their personal and family needs; and to participate in whatever specialized programs exist within the halfway house. (i) “Professional employee” means any employee whose work is predominantly intellectual and varied in character; requires consistent exercise of discretion and judgment; requires knowledge of an advanced nature in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by prolonged study in an institution of higher learning; or is of such character that the output or result accomplished cannot be standardized in relation to a given period of time; and who is compensated for his services on a salary or fee basis. (j) [Deleted.]
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4503 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4503. Bureau of Corrections

 (a) A Bureau of Corrections is continued as an independent bureau within the Executive Branch of the Government. (b) The Director of Corrections, in cooperation with the Director of Personnel, shall establish minimum qualifications standards for correctional personnel; shall develop new personnel classification positions to enable paraprofessionals, volunteers and ex-offenders except those who were former police officers, to perform appropriate correctional services; and shall arrange with appropriate agencies to provide pre-employment training and educational opportunities to such individuals to enable them to meet minimum qualifications standards, and to make available in-service training to Bureau personnel. (c) The Director of Corrections is authorized to enter into agreements to use the correctional or detention facilities of the United States Bureau of Prisons; or the correctional facilities of any state or local government or private correctional entity located in the United States, its territories, possessions, commonwealths or the District of Columbia, which are accredited by the American Correctional Association, when the Director of Corrections determines that detention and/or correctional facilities within the Virgin Islands are inadequate to serve the best interest of the inmate or the general interest or welfare of the Territory; provided that as a condition of and prior to the transfer of any inmates, the Director of Corrections shall ascertain and insure the availability of educational and/or vocational programs at the institution they are to be transferred to for the purpose of enabling such inmates to gain marketable skills, and provided further that no inmate is to be transferred to any institution lacking any such program(s).
V.I. Code tit. 5, § 4505 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 5 - Judicial Procedure|Subtitle 3 - Criminal Procedure|Part III - Correctional Services|Chapter 401 - Bureau of Corrections|§ 4505. Cooperation and agreements with other agencies

 The Bureau shall cooperate with the courts and with public and private agencies and officials to assist in attaining the purposes of this chapter. The Bureau may enter into agreements with agencies of Federal or Territorial government and with private agencies concerning the discharge of its responsibilities or theirs. Commitment to institutions within the jurisdiction of the Bureau shall be to the Bureau, not to a particular institution. The Director of Corrections shall assign a newly committed inmate to an appropriate institution. He may transfer an inmate from one institution to another, consistent with the commitment and in accordance with treatment, training and security needs.