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Utah Code § 81-5-504: Report of genetic testing.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code
  2. Chapter 81-5 Uniform Parentage Act
  3. Part 81-5-5 Genetic Testing

(1)

(a) A report of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory.

(b) A report made under the requirements of this part is self-authenticating.

(2) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony:

(a) the names and photographs of the individuals whose specimens have been taken;

(b) the names of the individuals who collected the specimens;

(c) the places and dates the specimens were collected;

(d) the names of the individuals who received the specimens in the testing laboratory;

(e) the dates the specimens were received; and

(f) the fingerprints of the individuals whose specimens have been taken.

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