CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF ANALYSIS (§ 54.1-3431)

In any administrative hearing, a certificate of analysis of a chemist, performed
in any laboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science or authorized
by such Department to conduct such analysis, when such certificate is attested
by such chemist, shall be admissible as evidence. A copy of such certificate
shall be delivered to the parties in interest at least seven days prior to the
date fixed for the hearing.Any certificate of analysis purporting to be signed
by any chemist shall be admissible as evidence in such hearing without any proof
of the seal or signature or of the official character of the chemist whose name
is signed to it.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-524.77; 1970, c. 650; 1972, cc. 741, 798, §
54-524.77:1; 1973, c. 479; 1977, c. 633; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 825; 2005, cc.
868, 881.