Texas Family Code - Section 160.504. Report Of Genetic Testing

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§ 160.504. REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.  (a) A report of the 
results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under 
penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory.  A 
report made under the requirements of this subchapter is 
self-authenticating.
	(b)  Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient 
to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of 
genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the 
documentation includes:
		(1)  the name and photograph of each individual whose 
specimens have been taken;
		(2)  the name of each individual who collected the 
specimens;               
		(3)  the places in which the specimens were collected 
and the date of each collection;
		(4)  the name of each individual who received the 
specimens in the testing laboratory;  and
		(5)  the dates the specimens were received.                                   

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, § 1.01, eff. June 14, 
2001.      

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