Missouri Laws 650.050 – DNA profiling system to be established in department of public safety, purpose
1. The Missouri department of public safety shall develop and establish a “DNA Profiling System”, referred to in sections 650.050 to 650.100 as the system to assist federal, state, and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of individuals as well as the identification of missing or unidentified persons.
2. This DNA profiling system shall consist of qualified Missouri forensic laboratories approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 650.050
- Crime laboratory: a laboratory operated or supported financially by the state or any unit of city, county, or other local Missouri government that employs at least one scientist who examines physical evidence in criminal matters and provides expert or opinion testimony with respect to such physical evidence in a state court of law. See Missouri Laws 650.100
- Department: the Missouri department of public safety. See Missouri Laws 650.100
- DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. See Missouri Laws 650.100
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The Missouri state highway patrol crime laboratory shall be the administrator of the state’s DNA index system.
4. The DNA profiling system as established in this section shall be compatible with that used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure that DNA records are fully exchangeable between DNA laboratories and that quality assurance standards issued by the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are applied and performed.
5. DNA samples obtained under sections 650.050 to 650.100 shall only be analyzed consistent with sections 650.050 to 650.100 and applicable federal laws and regulations.