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2011 SESSION
11101089DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-310.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-310.5. DNA data bank.
A. It shall be the duty of the Department to receive samples
of human biological evidence and to analyze, classify, and file the results of
DNA identification characteristics profiles of samples of human biological
evidence submitted pursuant to § 19.2-310.2 or 19.2-310.2:1 and to make such
information available as provided in this section. The results of an analysis
and comparison of evidence submitted to
the Department pursuant to § 9.1-1101 to the
identification characteristics from
two or more samples of human biological evidence so analyzed, classified, and filed shall be made available directly to duly-authorized members of federal,
state, and local law-enforcement officers agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth or
federal government, or the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
upon request made in furtherance of an official investigation or prosecution of any criminal
offense, or to an accused or his attorney pursuant to § 9.1-1104. The
Department shall confirm whether or not there is a DNA profile on file for a
specific individual if a federal, state or local law-enforcement officer
requests that information in furtherance of an official investigation of any
criminal offense. The name of the requestor and the purpose for which the information
is requested shall be maintained on file with the Department.
B. The Department shall adopt regulations governing (i) the methods of obtaining information from the data bank in accordance with this section and (ii) procedures for verification of the identity and authority of the requestor. The Department shall specify the positions in that agency which require regular access to the data bank and samples submitted as a necessary function of the job.
C. The Department shall create a separate statistical data base comprised of DNA profiles of samples of human biological evidence of persons whose identity is unknown. Nothing in this section or § 19.2-310.6 shall prohibit the Department from sharing or otherwise disseminating the information in the statistical data base with law-enforcement or criminal justice agencies within or without the Commonwealth.
D. The Department may charge a reasonable fee to search and provide a comparative analysis of DNA profiles in the data bank to any authorized law-enforcement agency outside of the Commonwealth.