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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 02.08.02.01" title_num="02" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="02" heading="Criteria for Analysis.">
  <text>A sexual assault evidence collection kit shall be submitted to a forensic laboratory for analysis unless:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>There is clear evidence disproving the allegation of sexual assault;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The facts alleged, if true, could not be interpreted to violate a provision of Criminal Law Article, Title 3, Subtitle 2, 3, or 6, or Title 11, Subtitle 3, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The victim from whom the evidence was collected declines to give consent for analysis; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The suspect’s profile has been collected for entry as a convicted offender for a qualifying offense in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the suspect has pleaded guilty to the offense that led to the sexual assault evidence collection kit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>