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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
Agency 40. Department of Forensic Science
Chapter 50. Regulations for the Approval of Marijuana Field Tests for Detection of Marijuana Plant Material

10/3/2023

6VAC40-50-20. Authority for approval.

Section 19.2-188.1 of the Code of Virginia provides that the Department of Forensic Science shall approve marijuana field tests for use by law-enforcement officers to enable them to testify to the results obtained in any trial for a violation of § 18.2-250.1 of the Code of Virginia regarding whether or not any plant material, the identity of which is at issue, is marijuana.

Statutory Authority

§§ 9.1-1110 and 19.2-188.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 9, eff. February 6, 2008; amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 10, eff. February 27, 2014.

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