Sec.15-140r-3. Approval and certification required

(a) No person shall operate a laboratory for the performance of forensic chemical analysis within the scope of sections 15-140r-1 to 15-140r-10, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, until the commissioner approves the methods of conducting the analyses and certifies each analyst who will be performing such chemical analysis.

(b) To be eligible for approval, a method shall be based upon one or more of the following quantitative techniques:

(1) titration with potassium dichromate;

(2) use of alcohol dehydrogenase;

(3) gas chromatography;

(4) infrared analysis;

(5) fuel cell analysis;

(6) gas chromatography/mass spectrometry;

(7) enzyme immunoassay; or

(8) high performance liquid chromatography.

(c) The commissioner may approve a method not based on the techniques listed in subsection (b) of this section, provided that such alternative method produces a comparable degree of precision and accuracy.

(d) Results shall not be reported until the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are met. Failure to obtain such approvals or certifications may result in the suspension or revocation of any approvals or certifications subsequently obtained.

(Adopted effective August 30, 2005)