The powers and duties of the State Crime Laboratory are as follows:

1. (1) Be responsible for the policy management and administration of the state DNA identification record system to support law enforcement agencies and other criminal justice agencies;

2. (2) Promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of Acts 2009, No. 974, which will include:

   1. (A) The storage of DNA samples;
   2. (B) Maintenance of DNA records generated by the laboratory; and
   3. (C) Retention of DNA samples;
3. (3) The State Crime Laboratory shall promulgate rules governing the procedures to be used in submission, identification, analysis, storage, and disposition of DNA samples and typing results of DNA samples submitted under the Arkansas State Criminal Records Act, Arkansas Code § 12-12-1501 et seq.;
4. (4) Establish quality assurance guidelines to ensure that DNA identification records meet standards for laboratories that submit DNA records to the State DNA Data Base;
5. (5) Promulgate rules governing the methods of obtaining information from the State DNA Data Base and CODIS and procedures for verification of the identity and authority of the requester;
6. (6) Provide for liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other criminal justice agencies in regard to the state’s participation in CODIS or any DNA database designated by the State Crime Laboratory;
7. (7) Establish and administer the State DNA Data Base and may develop a local population DNA databank;
8. (8) The State Crime Laboratory shall have the capability provided by computer software and procedures to store and maintain DNA records related to;
9. (9) The State Crime Laboratory shall make recommendations to the General Assembly on additional criminal offenses which may need to be added;

10. (10) The DNA identification system as established shall be compatible with the procedures specified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to include using comparable:

    1. (A) Test procedures;
    2. (B) Lab equipment;
    3. (C) Supplies; and
    4. (D) Computer software; and

11. (11)

    1. (A) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to contract with a third party or parties to run DNA analysis for use in the DNA databank.
    2. (B) The submitted samples to the third party or parties will be identified only by a bar code.
    3. (C) The contractual laboratory must meet the same quality assurance and quality control requirements as the State Crime Laboratory.