54.1-3431 - Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis.
§ 54.1-3431. Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis.
In any administrative hearing, a certificate of analysis of a chemist,performed in any laboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science orauthorized by such Department to conduct such analysis, when such certificateis attested by such chemist, shall be admissible as evidence. A copy of suchcertificate shall be delivered to the parties in interest at least seven daysprior to the date fixed for the hearing.
Any certificate of analysis purporting to be signed by any chemist shall beadmissible as evidence in such hearing without any proof of the seal orsignature or of the official character of the chemist whose name is signed toit.
(Code 1950, § 54-524.77; 1970, c. 650; 1972, cc. 741, 798, § 54-524.77:1;1973, c. 479; 1977, c. 633; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 825; 2005, cc. 868, 881.)