(a) Capabilities. The DNA database must be capable of classifying, matching, and storing the profiles or other results of analyses of DNA.
(b) National standards. Standards for DNA analysis shall meet or exceed the current standards for quality assurance and proficiency testing for forensic DNA analysis issued by the FBI. The DNA database may contain only DNA records of DNA analyses, including profiles, performed according to the standards required by this chapter.
(c) Compatibility. The DNA database must be compatible with the national DNA index system (NDIS) procedures sponsored by the FBI to the extent required by the FBI to permit the useful exchange and storage of DNA records or information derived from those records, including profiles.
(d) FBI liaison. The director or a designee is the liaison for DNA data, records, profiles, evidence, and other related matters between the FBI and a DNA laboratory or a criminal justice or law enforcement agency.

Source Note: The provisions of this §28.26 adopted to be effective February 7, 2005, 30 TexReg 407; amended to be effective April 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 2371; amended to be effective December 11, 2017, 42 TexReg 6941