These are minimum standards applicable to those performing seized-drug analyses.

These standards are intended to apply to any laboratory analyst who:

examines and analyzes seized drugs or related materials, or directs such examinations to be done,

independently has access to unsealed evidence in order to remove samples from evidence for examination and

As a consequence of such examinations, signs reports for court or investigative purposes.

1.1 This practice describes prerequisite formal education, training, and continuing professional development for those performing seized-drug analysis. It also describes the kinds of professional documents (for example, texts, manuals, or journals) that should be present in laboratories where analysis of seized drugs is conducted.