FSR Act 2021

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ACE-V Validation

The documented process of demonstrating that a laboratory's local implementation of the Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, Verification methodology produces reliable results across the...

ANAB

The American National Standards Institute National Accreditation Board, formed after the merger of ASCLD-LAB with ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board in 2016. Now...

ENFSI FWG

ENFSI Fingerprint Working Group: the inter-laboratory coordination body within the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes that harmonises fingerprint examination methodology, runs...

IAI Latent Print Certification (LPC)

The individual examiner credential awarded by the International Association for Identification since 1977; requires written and practical examinations plus documented casework experience,...

ISO/IEC 17025:2017

The international standard specifying general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Covers management (document control, non-conforming work, audits) and...

NABL T-126

Technical Requirement T-126 issued by India's National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories: the discipline-specific criteria for forensic science laboratories, covering...

OSAC

Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science: established by NIST and DOJ in 2014, it develops consensus forensic standards through structured...

Proficiency Test

A blind or semi-blind comparison exercise in which an examiner or laboratory analyses a set of test prints of known ground truth;...

UKAS

United Kingdom Accreditation Service; the sole national accreditation body for the UK and ILAC MRA signatory. Accredits forensic science providers under ISO/IEC...

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• Quality Systems: ISO 17025, IAI, ENFSI and NABL for Fingerprint LabsThe Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 (England and Wales), which gave the Forensic Science Regulator statutory powers to require compliance with its Codes of...