Published standards
Fully developed standards that have been published by a standards developing organization (SDO).
OSAC standards
Which OSAC Registry standards have been implemented by laboratories accredited by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
About this database
This section of the database tells the public which OSAC Registry Published Standards have been implemented by laboratories accredited by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
Maintained by the laboratories
The information shown is maintained by the laboratories included in this database.
What is the OSAC Registry?
The OSAC Registry is a repository of selected published and proposed standards for forensic science. These documents contain minimum requirements, best practices, standard protocols, terminology, or other information to promote valid, reliable and reproducible forensic results.
Standards on the Registry have undergone a technical and quality review process that actively encourages feedback from forensic science practitioners, research scientists, human factors experts, statisticians, legal experts and the public.
Placement on the Registry requires consensus: a vote of two-thirds or more of both the OSAC subcommittee that proposed the standard and the Forensic Science Standards Board.
Two types of standards on the Registry
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OSAC Proposed standards
New or revised standards drafted by OSAC and sent to an SDO to be further developed and published. They have undergone the same rigorous technical review as the published standards on the Registry.
To help fill the standards gap while an SDO completes its development process, OSAC encourages the forensic science community to implement these high-quality proposed standards. A proposed standard may be revised during SDO development; once the SDO-published standard is available, it replaces the OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry.
OSAC Registry implementers by state
Figures as of .
- Texas implementers 30 Most of any state
- Implementers nationwide 204 Across all states on the map
- States with implementers 34 of 50 states
Show the figures as a table
| State | Implementers |
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| Texas | 30 |
| Florida | 18 |
| Indiana | 18 |
| California | 15 |
| Michigan | 9 |
| Georgia | 8 |
| Missouri | 8 |
| New Jersey | 8 |
| Minnesota | 7 |
| New York | 7 |
| Arizona | 6 |
| Colorado | 6 |
| Kentucky | 6 |
| Maryland | 6 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Idaho | 4 |
| Oregon | 4 |
| Washington | 4 |
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 4 |
| Ohio | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 3 |
| South Carolina | 3 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Wyoming | 3 |
| Illinois | 2 |
| Louisiana | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Iowa | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
No data on the map (16 states): Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont.
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Registry implementation
Why OSAC Registry standards are important, with support tools for implementing and acting on standards.
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