PAGE VALID UNTIL:  June 2000

SYNONYMS:  Legal specimen; forensic specimen

SPECIMEN AND COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS:  

REJECTION CRITERIA:  Admissibility of laboratory testing results as court evidence will be compromised if Chain-of-Custody protocol is not strictly followed by all who handle, store, test, and report on such specimens.

STORAGE AND SHIPPING:  

METHOD:  

DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION:  Chain of Custody is a legal standard which prescribes the handling and documentation necessary for specimens and testing to be admissible as evidence in a court of law.

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