Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-591-R1

Redraft EPS 591

Forensic Laboratory Accreditation

Mr. Michael O. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section 83, the following 2 sections:-

"SECTION 83A. Subsection (b) of section 8 of chapter 278A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 6 and 7, the words “the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement and offers forensic laboratory accreditation services.

SECTION 83B. Subsection (c) of said section 8 of said chapter 278A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 14 and 15, the words “the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- an accreditation body that is a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement and offers forensic laboratory accreditation services."