(a) Date of approval. A laboratory outside the department must:
  (1) be approved on the date a DNA sample is analyzed by the lab; and
  (2) remain approved at least until the date the analysis report is submitted by the lab to the director.
(b) Manner. An agency or other entity seeking approval for a lab under this section must submit to the director a written justification for the approval as described in the DNA Procedural Guidelines. The laboratory must be accredited in accordance with 37 TAC §§651.1 - 651.11.

Source Note: The provisions of this §28.124 adopted to be effective June 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 4437; amended to be effective December 11, 2017, 42 TexReg 6943