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Work Products Adopted by the Commission

Accreditation and Proficiency Testing | Interim Solutions | Scientific Inquiry and Research | Medicolegal Death Investigation |
Reporting and Testimony | Human Factors | Training on Science and Law

 

Final Directive Recommendation on a Proposal to Survey Forensic Capabilities (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #3 – August 27, 2014)

Accreditation and Proficiency Testing

Views on Proficiency Testing in Forensic Science (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Views on Critical Steps to Accreditation (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Recommendation on Universal Accreditation (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #6 - April 30 - May 1, 2015) RECONCILED at NCFS Meeting #9 - March 21-22, 2016

Views on Accreditation of Forensic Science Certification Bodies (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 12, 2016)

Views on Certification of Forensic Science Practitioners (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 12, 2016)

Recommendation on Proficiency Testing (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 12, 2016)

Views on Accreditation Program Requirements (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 12, 2016)

Recommendation on Accreditation of Digital and Multimedia Evidence Forensic Science Service Providers (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #12 - January 9, 2017)

Interim Solutions  

Recommendation on Transparency of Quality Management System (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Recommendation on a National Code of Professional Responsibility for Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine Service Providers (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Views on Defining Forensic Science and Related Terms (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #6 – April 30 - May 1, 2015) CORRECTION ADDED February 2016.  

Recommendation on AFIS Interoperability (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #7 – August 10-11, 2015) 

Recommendation on Root Cause Analysis (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #7 – August 10-11, 2015) 

Scientific Inquiry and Research

Medicolegal Death Investigation

Directive Recommendation on Certification of Medicolegal Death Investigators (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #5 – January 30, 2015)

Recommendation on Accreditation of Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #5 – January 30, 2015)

Recommendation on Electronic Networking of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #7 – August 10-11, 2015) 

Views on Increasing the Number, Retention, and Quality of Board-Certified Forensic Pathologists (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #7 – August 10-11, 2015)

Recommendation on National Disaster Call Center (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 21, 2016)

Views on Certification of Medicolegal Death Investigators (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 20, 2016)

Views on Accreditation of Medicolegal Death Investigation Offices (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 20, 2016)

Recommendation on Formation of a National Office for Medicolegal Death Investigation (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 13, 2016)

Views on Communication with Next of Kin and Other Family Members (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 13, 2016)

Views on Recognizing the Autonomy and Neutrality of Forensic Pathologists (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #12 - January 9, 2017)

Recommendation on Model Legislation for Medicolegal Death Investigation Systems (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #12 - January 9, 2017)

Reporting and Testimony

Recommendations on Use of the Term “Reasonable Scientific Certainty”Recommendations on Use of the Term “Reasonable Scientific Certainty”Recommendations on Use of the Term “Reasonable Scientific Certainty” (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Views on Use of the Term “Reasonable Scientific Certainty” (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #9 – March 22, 2016)

Views on Inconsistent Terminology (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #6 – April 30 - May 1, 2015) 

Views on Pretrial Discovery of Forensic Materials (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #7 – August 10-11, 2015)

Views on Documentation, Case Record and Report Contents (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #8 – December 7, 2015)

Recommendation on Pretrial Discovery (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 21, 2016)

Views on Judicial Vouching (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 21, 2016)

Views on Notice and Demand Provisions (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #10 - June 21, 2016)

Recommendation on Documentation, Case Record and Report Contents (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 13, 2016)

Human Factors

Views on Ensuring that Forensic Analysis is Based Upon Task-Relevant Information (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #8 – December 8, 2015)

Views on Facilitating Research on Laboratory Performance (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #11 - September 13, 2016)

Views on Use of Checklists in Forensic Science (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #12 - January 9, 2017)

Training on Science and Law

Recommendation on Forensic Science Curriculum Development (Adopted at NCFS Meeting #8 – December 8, 2015)

 

 

Updated July 23, 2018