1. (a) Purpose. This subchapter contains the director's rules governing the taking of a biological specimen from certain eligible individuals by an agency in order to populate the department's restricted DNA database.

2. (b) Applicability. The general law and rules governing CODIS apply to this subchapter except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.

   1. (1) This subchapter applies to a restricted DNA specimen taken from an eligible individual for an offense covered by this subchapter.

   2. (2) This subchapter does not apply to:

      1. (A) a standard DNA specimen or record maintained by the department under Subchapters A through F of this chapter; or
      2. (B) a standard suspect specimen that is not a restricted specimen described by §28.103(7) of this subchapter (relating to Eligible Individual).

Source Note:The provisions of this §28.102 adopted to be effective March 25, 2002, 27 TexReg 2241.