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Subchapter
004
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STATE DNA DATABASE AND STATE DATA BANK
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1939)
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§ 1939. Population database
(a) Only the DNA records derived from the DNA samples obtained under sections 1933 and 1934 of this title, DNA records voluntarily submitted to the population database, and DNA records from
population databases in existence on January 1, 1999 may be used to develop a population
database after all personal identifying information is removed.
(b) Nothing shall prohibit the laboratory from sharing or disseminating a population database
with other law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories that serve them, or other
third parties the laboratory deems necessary to assist the laboratory with statistical
analysis of the laboratory’s population databases. The population database may be
made available to other agencies participating in CODIS. (Added 1997, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 29, 1998.)