Latent Prints Quality Manual

Arkansas State Crime Laboratory

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This manual follows the requirements specified by ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), which is based on the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards and the 2017 ANAB ISO/IEC 17025:2017 — Forensic Science Testing and Calibration Laboratories Accreditation Requirements (AR 3125).

The ASCL Quality Manual (ASCL-DOC-01) outlines the policies and procedures under which the laboratory operates. This manual acts as a set of supplemental policies and procedures required to competently perform testing in the Latent Print Section.

When the section policy does not differ from the lab wide policy in any significant manner, the reader will be referred to the ASCL Quality Manual (ASCL-DOC-01) for the policy.

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