Texas Family Code

§ 160.504 — REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING

FA § 160.504Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 160. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT · Art. F. GENETIC TESTING

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(a)A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this subchapter is self-authenticating.

(b)Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the documentation includes:

(1)the name and photograph of each individual whose specimens have been taken;

(2)the name of each individual who collected the specimens;

(3)the places in which the specimens were collected and the date of each collection;

(4)the name of each individual who received the specimens in the testing laboratory; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.