Standards Open for Comment

Standards open for comment at OSAC

The following SDO-published standards are being considered for the OSAC Registry.

• None at this time. 

The following OSAC Proposed Standards are being considered for submission to an SDO. The final draft provided to the SDO will be available on the OSAC Registry as an “OSAC Proposed Standard.” 

• None at this time.

Visit the Registry Approval Process webpage for more information about the Registry approval processes for SDO-published and OSAC Proposed Standards¹. 

Standards Open for Comment at SDOs

ASB

The following Academy Standards Board (ASB) documents are open for public comment. To provide comments, download the comment template and return it to asb [at] aafs.org (asb[at]aafs[dot]org) by the deadline.  

• ASB Standard 030, Standard for a Quality Assurance Program in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, 202x, 2nd Ed. Comment deadline May 19, 2025.
• Recirculation* - ASB Standard 198, Standard for the Technical Review of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Reporting, 202x, 1st Ed. Comment deadline May 19, 2025.  
  • Note: This is OSAC 2021-S-0011, Standard for the Technical Review of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Reporting, currently on the OSAC Registry.
• Recirculation* - ASB Technical Report 012, Technical Report on the Articulation of the Reasoning and Foundational Principles Behind Friction Ridge Examinations, 202x, 1st Ed. Comment deadline May 26, 2025.
• Recirculation* - ASB Technical Report 071, Forensic Document Examination Terms and Definitions. 202x, 1st Ed. Comment deadline May 26, 2025.
• Recirculation* - ASB Standard 076, Standard for Training and Certification of Canine Detection of Human Remains: Human Remains on Land, 202x, 1st Ed. Comment deadline May 26, 2025.
• Recirculation* - ASB Standard 173, Standard for Education, Training, Continuing Education, and Certification of Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Personnel, 202x, 1st Ed. Comment deadline June 16, 2025. 

*Comments on a re-circulation will only be accepted on revised sections of a document, comments made to text not revised from the previous public comment period will not be accepted. 

ASTM

The following ASTM standards are currently open for public comment through ANSI. To obtain an electronic copy of the document, email accreditation [at] astm.org (accreditation[at]astm[dot]org). To provide comments, download the comment template and return it to accreditation [at] astm.org (accreditation[at]astm[dot]org) (copy psa [at] ansi.org (psa[at]ansi[dot]org)) by the comment deadline. 

Comment deadline May 19, 2025:

• ASTM WK78747, Guide for Forensic Examination of Fibers.
  • Note: This is OSAC 2022-S-0019, Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fibers, currently on the OSAC Registry.
• ASTM E1492-202x, Practice for Receiving, Documenting, Storing, and Retrieving Evidence in a Forensic Science Laboratory (revision of ANSI/ASTM E1492-2011 (2017)).
• ASTM E2549-202x, Practice for Validation of Seized-Drug Analytical Methods (revision of ANSI/ASTM E2549-14 with title change).  

Comment deadline June 23, 2025:

• ASTM WK72441, Guide for Developing Discipline-Specific Methodology for ACE-V (new standard).
• ASTM WK84882, Practice for Forensic Science Testimony (new standard).
• ASTM WK88832, Practice for the Collection of Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Particles from Clothing, Vehicles, and Other Inanimate Objects using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Stubs (new standard).
  • NOTE: This is OSAC 2023-N-0010, Standard Practice for the Collection of Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) from Clothing, Vehicles and Other Inanimate Objects using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Stubs, currently on the OSAC Registry.  
• ASTM WK89493, Guide for the Detection and Preservation of Forensic Trace Evidence (new standard).
  • NOTE: This is OSAC 2023-N-0027, Standard Guide for Forensic Trace Evidence Recovery, currently on the OSAC Registry. 

¹In January 2022, OSAC’S Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) approved that the requirement for an OSAC-managed comment period for Registry approval of SDO-published standards can be met during the SDO's public comment period. The public will have an opportunity to comment on a standard during its development through the SDO's public comment period. This change allows comments to be submitted during the SDO development process, prior to publication, enabling upgrades to be directly incorporated into the standard rather than receiving the comments after the standard is published. In cases where OSAC can document the SDO's public comment opportunity, OSAC will not execute a second public comment period during its Registry approval process. See the "Standards Open for Comment at SDOs" section above for the standards currently open for comment at SDOs.