South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995)Chapter 5B : Establishment, Administration and Maintenance of National Forensic DNA Database of South Africa15P. Compliance with Quality Management System |
| (1) | The authorised officer must develop and recommend standards for quality management, including standards for testing the proficiency of forensic science laboratories and forensic analysts conducting forensic DNA analysis. |
| (2) | The standards referred to in subsection (1) must— |
| (a) | comply with the South African National Accreditation System established under section 3 of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act, 2006 (Act No. 19 of 2006), and standards set by the International Organization for Standardization; |
| (b) | specify criteria for quality management and proficiency tests applied to the various types of forensic DNA analysis; and |
| (c) | include a system for grading proficiency testing performance to determine whether a laboratory or forensic analyst is performing acceptably. |
[Section 15P inserted by section 6 of Act No. 37 of 2013]