The Commission has exempted the following categories of forensic analysis from the accreditation requirement by administrative rule and thus the licensing requirement does not apply to the following:

1. (1) sexual assault examination of a person;
2. (2) forensic anthropology, entomology, or botany;
3. (3) environmental testing;
4. (4) facial or traffic accident reconstruction;
5. (5) serial number restoration;
6. (6) polygraph examination;
7. (7) voice stress, voiceprint, or similar voice analysis;
8. (8) statement analysis;
9. (9) forensic odontology for purposes of human identification or age assessment, not to include bite mark comparison related to pattern injuries;
10. (10) testing and/or screening conducted for sexually transmitted diseases;
11. (11) fire scene investigation, including but not limited to cause and origin determinations;
12. (12) forensic photography;
13. (13) non-criminal paternity testing;
14. (14) non-criminal testing of human or nonhuman blood, urine, or tissue;
15. (15) a crime scene investigation team (whether or not associated with an accredited laboratory) engaged in the location, identification, collection or preservation of physical evidence and the activity is not integral to an expert examination or test;
16. (16) crime scene reconstruction including blood stain pattern analysis and trajectory determination; or
17. (17) other evidence processing or handling that is excluded under §651.2(2) of this title (relating to Definitions);

Source Note:The provisions of this §651.205 adopted to be effective May 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 3106.