1. (a) If the Commission determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that a laboratory has failed to maintain quality assurance standards as provided under the laboratory's specific policy required by its recognized accrediting body or the FBI DNA Quality Assurance Audit Document, or has violated any rule in this chapter, the Commission may take appropriate action, including one or more of the following:

   1. (1) direct the laboratory to conduct an internal audit and implement appropriate corrective action;
   2. (2) order the laboratory to obtain, at its own expense, a special external audit by an auditor approved by the laboratory's recognized accrediting body and provide that report to the Commission within a reasonable time frame determined by the Commission not to exceed 60 days from the date of the order;
   3. (3) notify the laboratory that further testing is not approved by Commission;
   4. (4) initiate an evaluation of continued accreditation under Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Accreditation); or
   5. (5) any other actions deemed appropriate by the Commission.
2. (b) An audit under this subchapter shall comply with minimum standards for audits or inspections as established by the Commission.
3. (c) The Commission may enter an accredited laboratory at any reasonable time to conduct an inspection or audit under this chapter.

Source Note:The provisions of this §651.102 adopted to be effective June 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 4439; transferred effective September 1, 2015, as published in the Texas Register October 9, 2015, 40 TexReg 7109; amended to be effective December 24, 2015, 40 TexReg 9305.