New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 14 - CORRECTIONAL SERVICES › Part 200 - DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM › Section 10.14.200.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "Administrative
				center" means the part of a national DNA index system qualified New Mexico
				crime laboratory that administers and operates the DNA identification system
				and is governed by the DNA oversight committee.
B. "Analysis" means DNA profile
				generation.
C. "Arrestee" for
				purposes of DNA sample collection means any person as described in Subsection A
				of 29-3-10 NMSA 1978.
D. "Buccal
				cell" means cells from the interior linings of the cheek and gum in a liquid or
				semiliquid form.
E. "CODIS" means
				the federal bureau of investigation's national DNA index system for storage and
				exchange of DNA records submitted by designated forensic or database DNA
				laboratories.
F. "Collection kit"
				see Subsection N of 10.14.200.7 NMAC.
G. "Core loci" means the minimal chromosomal
				locations designated as being required for a known DNA profile to be considered
				complete by the board of the national DNA index system, and consistent with the
				federal DNA Identification Act of 1994 and subsequent federal laws.
H. "Covered offender" for purposes of fee
				assessment means any person convicted of a felony offense, committed after July
				1, 1997, and as defined by Subsection C of 29-16-3 NMSA 1978 and as described
				in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of Subsection A of 29-16-6 NMSA 1978.
I. "Covered offender" for purposes of DNA
				sample collection means any person as defined by Subsection C of 29-16-3 and
				Subsection A of 29-16-6 NMSA 1978.
J. "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic
				acid.
K. "DNA Identification Act"
				means Sections 29-16 -1 to 29-16-13 NMSA 1978, and any subsequent amendments or
				additions to these sections, the law that authorizes the DNA identification
				system and the DNA oversight committee.
L. "DNA identification system" means the
				system established pursuant to the DNA Identification Act.
M. "DNA oversight committee" means the DNA
				identification system oversight committee.
N. "DNA sample collection kit" means a group
				of materials assembled or gathered for the collection of DNA samples.
O. "FTA card" means an FTA collection card, a
				card of blotter paper designed for the collection of liquid or semiliquid
				biological samples or any other device designed for the collection of liquid or
				semiliquid biological samples.
P.
				"Head of the administrative center" means the authorized person who supervises
				the day-to-day operations of the administrative center.
Q. "Identification system" see Subsection L
				of 10.14.200.7 NMAC.
R. "In
				writing" see Subsection Z of 10.14.200.7 NMAC.
S. "Kit" see Subsection N of 10.14.200.7
				NMAC.
T. "Records" means the
				results of DNA collection, analysis, testing, and other related
				information.
U. "Sample" means a
				sample of biological material sufficient for DNA testing.
V. "Sample collection kit" see Subsection N
				of 10.14.200.7 NMAC.
W. "Sample
				profile hit" means a match of the examined loci as determined by the servicing
				forensic DNA laboratory that has undergone a defined level of confirmatory
				processes and reviews sufficient to allow the issuance of a letter of
				notification to the servicing forensic DNA laboratory and the reporting of
				statistical information to the federal bureau of investigation.
X. "Sample profile match" means a match of
				the examined loci as determined by the servicing forensic laboratory that has
				not yet undergone the processes described in Subsection W. of 10.14.200.7
				NMAC.
Y. "Secured" means limited
				and controlled access only by authorized personnel including use of protection
				and safety devices such as restricted space access, physical locks and keys,
				passwords, encryption, firewalls etc. to safeguard any and all functions of
				that equipment or facility that may be determined to be necessary.
Z. "Written" means a document that is hand or
				typewritten on paper and includes the use of facsimile copies, computer or
				other electronically generated or scanned, traceable documents that can be
				subsequently printed.