Section 28.22 - DNA Database PurposesThe director may receive, analyze, store, and destroy a record, profile, or sample for the following purposes:
(1) to assist a federal, state, or local criminal justice agency in the investigation or prosecution of sex-related offenses or other offenses in which biological evidence is recovered;(2) in criminal cases, for use in the investigation of an offense, the exclusion or identification of suspects or offenders, and the prosecution or defense of the case;(3) to assist in the recovery or identification of human remains from a disaster or for humanitarian purposes;(4) to assist in the identification of living or deceased missing persons;(5) if personal identifying information is removed: (A) to establish a population statistics database; and(B) to assist in identification research, forensic validation studies, or forensic protocol development;(6) retesting to validate or update the original analysis or to assist in database or DNA laboratory quality control.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 28.22
The provisions of this §28.22 adopted to be effective February 7, 2005, 30 TexReg 407; amended to be effective April 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 2371