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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="2-509" title_number="2" title_name="Department of State Police" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Dna Database System">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Director shall create a population database composed of DNA samples collected under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>All personal identifiers shall be removed before information is entered into the population database.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Nothing shall prohibit the sharing or disseminating of population database information with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>crime laboratories that have been approved by the Director and that serve federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a State’s Attorney’s office; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a third party that the Director considers necessary to assist the Crime Laboratory with statistical analyses of the population database.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The population database may be made available to and searched by any agency that participates in CODIS.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
