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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 02.08.02.03" title_num="02" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="02" heading="Submission to Forensic Laboratories.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulation .01 of this chapter, an investigating law enforcement agency that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit shall submit the kit and all requested associated reference standards to a forensic laboratory for analysis within 30 days of receipt of the kit and all requested associated reference standards.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Testing by Forensic Laboratories.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A forensic laboratory that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit and all requested associated reference standards for analysis shall determine suitability and complete screening, testing, and analysis in a timely manner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Failure to complete the screening, testing, and analysis in a timely manner as required in §B(1) of this regulation may not constitute the basis for excluding the analysis or results as evidence in a criminal proceeding.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>