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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

OSAC Registry

The OSAC Registry is a repository of selected published and proposed standards for forensic science. These documents contain minimum requirements, best practices, standard protocols, terminology, or other information to promote valid, reliable, and reproducible forensic results.

The standards on this Registry have undergone a technical and quality review process that actively encourages feedback from forensic science practitioners, research scientists, human factors experts, statisticians, legal experts, and the public. Placement on the Registry requires a consensus (as evidenced by 2/3 vote or more) of both the OSAC subcommittee that proposed the inclusion of the standard and the Forensic Science Standards Board.

OSAC encourages the forensic science community to implement the published and proposed standards on the Registry to help advance the practice of forensic science.

The OSAC Registry includes two types of standards:

SDO-published standards have completed the consensus process of an external standards developing organization (SDO) and have been approved by OSAC for placement on the Registry.
OSAC Proposed Standards have been drafted by OSAC and given to an SDO for further development and publication. They have undergone the same OSAC technical and quality review process as the SDO-published standards on the Registry. Each OSAC Proposed Standard may be revised during the SDO development process; once available, an SDO-published standard will replace the OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry after completing the technical and quality review at OSAC. To help fill the standards gap while an SDO completes its process, OSAC encourages the forensic science community to implement the OSAC Proposed Standards.

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More info	Designation Number	Title	OSAC Subcommittee(s)	Document Owner	Status	Date added to the Registry Sort ascending
	ANSI/ASB Standard 146-21	ANSI/ASB Standard 146-21 Standard for Resolving Commingled Remains in Forensic Anthropology, 2021, 1st Ed.	Forensic Anthropology	Academy Standards Board	OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard	09/03/2024
Title ANSI/ASB Standard 146-21 Standard for Resolving Commingled Remains in Forensic Anthropology, 2021, 1st Ed. Standard Number ANSI/ASB Standard 146-21 Date added to the registry 09/03/2024 Document Owner Academy Standards Board OSAC Committee(s) Forensic Anthropology Status OSAC Registry SDO Published Standard SDO Published Standard Url https://www.aafs.org/asb-standard/standard-resolving-commingled-remains-forensic-anthropology Factsheet Checklist
	ANSI/ASB Standard 135-23	ANSI/ASB Standard 135-23 Scene Detection and Processing in Forensic Anthropology, 2023, 1st Ed.	Forensic Anthropology	Academy Standards Board	OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard	09/03/2024
Title ANSI/ASB Standard 135-23 Scene Detection and Processing in Forensic Anthropology, 2023, 1st Ed. Standard Number ANSI/ASB Standard 135-23 Date added to the registry 09/03/2024 Document Owner Academy Standards Board OSAC Committee(s) Forensic Anthropology Status OSAC Registry SDO Published Standard SDO Published Standard Url https://www.aafs.org/asb-standard/scene-detection-and-processing-forensic-anthropology Checklist
	ANSI/ASB Standard 134-21	ANSI/ASB Standard 134-21 Standard for Analyzing Pathological Conditions and Anomalies in Forensic Anthropology, 2021, 1st Ed.	Forensic Anthropology	Academy Standards Board	OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard	09/03/2024
Title ANSI/ASB Standard 134-21 Standard for Analyzing Pathological Conditions and Anomalies in Forensic Anthropology, 2021, 1st Ed. Standard Number ANSI/ASB Standard 134-21 Date added to the registry 09/03/2024 Document Owner Academy Standards Board OSAC Committee(s) Forensic Anthropology Status OSAC Registry SDO Published Standard SDO Published Standard Url https://www.aafs.org/asb-standard/standard-analyzing-pathological-conditions-and-anomalies-forensic-anthropology Checklist
	OSAC 2021-N-0010	OSAC 2021-N-0010 Standard for Skeletal Preparation and Sampling in Forensic Anthropology	Forensic Anthropology	The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science	In SDO Development, OSAC Registry, OSAC Proposed Draft Standard	11/07/2023
Title OSAC 2021-N-0010 Standard for Skeletal Preparation and Sampling in Forensic Anthropology Standard Number OSAC 2021-N-0010 Date added to the registry 11/07/2023 Document Owner The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science OSAC Committee(s) Forensic Anthropology Status In SDO Development OSAC Registry OSAC Proposed Draft Standard Public Comment Document Files OSAC 2021-N-0010 Comment Adjudication OSAC Proposed Standard on the Registry OSAC 2021-N-0010, Standard for Skeletal Preparation and Sampling in Forensic Anthropology Version 2.1
	ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 089-20	ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 089 Best Practice Recommendation for Facial Approximation in Forensic Anthropology, 2020, 1st Ed.	Forensic Anthropology	Academy Standards Board	SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry	09/07/2021
Title ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 089 Best Practice Recommendation for Facial Approximation in Forensic Anthropology, 2020, 1st Ed. Standard Number ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 089-20 Date added to the registry 09/07/2021 Document Owner Academy Standards Board OSAC Committee(s) Forensic Anthropology Status SDO Published Standard OSAC Registry Public Comment Document Files ASB 089 Comment Adjudication SDO Published Standard Url https://www.aafs.org/asb-standard/best-practice-recommendation-facial-approximation-forensic-anthropology Factsheet Checklist
	ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 010-18	ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 010 Forensic Anthropology in Disaster Victim Identification: Best Practice Recommendations for the Medicolegal Authority, 2018, 1st Ed.	Medicolegal Death Investigation	Academy Standards Board	OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard	09/05/2019
Title ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 010 Forensic Anthropology in Disaster Victim Identification: Best Practice Recommendations for the Medicolegal Authority, 2018, 1st Ed. Standard Number ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 010-18 Date added to the registry 09/05/2019 Document Owner Academy Standards Board OSAC Committee(s) Medicolegal Death Investigation Status OSAC Registry SDO Published Standard SDO Published Standard Url https://www.aafs.org/asb-standard/forensic-anthropology-disaster-victim-identification-best-practice-recommendations Factsheet Checklist