(a) A report 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 article is self-authenticating.
(b) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony:
(1) the names and photographs of the individuals whose specimens have been taken;
(2) the names of the individuals who collected the specimens;
(3) the places and dates the specimens were collected;
(4) the names of the individuals who received the specimens in the testing laboratory; and
(5) the dates the specimens were received.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.
Chapter 17 - Alabama Uniform Parentage Act.
Section 26-17-501 - Scope of Article.
Section 26-17-502 - Order for Testing.
Section 26-17-503 - Requirements for Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-504 - Report of Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-505 - Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal.
Section 26-17-506 - Costs of Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-507 - Additional Genetic Testing.
Section 26-17-508 - Genetic Testing When Specimens Not Available.
Section 26-17-509 - Deceased Individual.