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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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OSAC Registry

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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 029-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 029 Report Writing in Wildlife Forensics: Morphology and Genetics, 2019, 1st Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASB Standard 019-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 019 Wildlife Forensics General Standards, 2019, 1st Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASB Standard 053-20 ANSI/ASB Standard 053 Standard for Report Content in Forensic Toxicology, 2020, 1st Ed. Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E1413-19 ANSI/ASTM E1413-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Dynamic Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E3189-19 ANSI/ASTM E3189-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Static Headspace Concentration onto an Adsorbent Tube Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E1412-19 ANSI/ASTM E1412-19 Standard Practice for Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Samples by Passive Headspace Concentration with Active Charcoal Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/NIST ITL-1:2011 (Update 2015) ANSI/NIST ITL-1:2011 (Update 2015) Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial and Other Biometric Information Interdisciplinary American National Standards Institute SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASTM E3234-20 ANSI/ASTM E3234-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Paint Analysis Training Program Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E3233-20 ANSI/ASTM E3233-20 Standard Practice for Forensic Tape Analysis Training Program Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASB Standard 022-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 022 Standard for Forensic DNA Analysis Training Programs, 2019, 1st Ed. Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASB Standard 036-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 036 Standard Practices for Method Validation in Forensic Toxicology, 2019, 1st Ed. Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASTM E2916-19e1 ANSI/ASTM E2916-19e1 Standard Terminology for Digital and Multimedia Evidence Examination Digital Evidence, Facial and Iris Identification, Video/Imaging Technology & Analysis ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E2330-19 ANSI/ASTM E2330-19 Standard Test Method for Determination of Concentrations of Elements in Glass Samples Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Forensic Comparisons Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E1967-19 ANSI/ASTM E1967-19 Standard Test Method for the Automated Determination of Refractive Index of Glass Samples Using the Oil Immersion Method and a Phase Contrast Microscope Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E3017-19 ANSI/ASTM E3017-19 Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers Digital Evidence ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASB Standard 028-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 028 Wildlife Forensics Morphology Standards, 2019, 1st Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ASB Technical Report 033-17 ASB Technical Report 033 Terms and Definitions in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, 2017, 1st Ed. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASB Standard 047-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 047 Wildlife Forensics Validation Standard—Validating New Primers for Sequencing, 2019, 1st Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASB Standard 020-18 ANSI/ASB Standard 020 Standard for Validation Studies of DNA Mixtures, and Development and Verification of a Laboratory's Mixture Interpretation Protocol, 2018, 1st Ed. Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASB Standard 040-19 ANSI/ASB Standard 040 Standard for Forensic DNA Interpretation and Comparison Protocols, 2019, 1st Ed. Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ISO 21043-2 ISO 21043-2 Forensic Sciences - Part 2: Recognition, recording, collecting, transport and storage of items Interdisciplinary International Organization for Standardization OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 037-19 ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 037 Guidelines for Opinions and Testimony in Forensic Toxicology, 2019, 1st Ed. Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ASB Technical Report 025-17 ASB Technical Report 025 Crime Scene/Death Investigation - Dogs and Sensors - Terms and Definitions, 2017, 1st Ed. Dogs & Sensors Academy Standards Board OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E3148-18 ANSI/ASTM E3148-18 Standard Guide for Postmortem Facial Image Capture Facial and Iris Identification ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
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
ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 007-18 ANSI/ASB Best Practice Recommendation 007 Postmortem Impression Submission Strategy for Comprehensive Searches of Essential Automated Fingerprint Identification System Databases, 2018, 1st Ed. Medicolegal Death Investigation Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories Interdisciplinary International Organization for Standardization SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ADA 1088-2017D ADA 1088-2017D Human Identification by Comparative Dental Analysis Forensic Odontology American Dental Association SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ADA 1058-2010D ANSI/ADA 1058-2010D Forensic Dental Data Set Forensic Odontology American Dental Association SDO Published Standard, OSAC Registry
ANSI/ASTM E3149-18 ANSI/ASTM E3149-18 Standard Guide for Facial Image Comparison Feature List for Morphological Analysis Facial and Iris Identification ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E3085-17 ANSI/ASTM E3085-17 Standard Guide for Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Tape Examinations Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E2329-17 ANSI/ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs Seized Drugs ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E2937-18 ANSI/ASTM E2937-18 Standard Guide for Using Infrared Spectroscopy in Forensic Paint Examinations Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E1610-18 ANSI/ASTM E1610-18 Standard Guide for Forensic Paint Analysis and Comparison Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
ANSI/ASTM E2926-17 ANSI/ASTM E2926-17 Standard Test Method for Forensic Comparison of Glass Using Micro X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Trace Materials ASTM International OSAC Registry, SDO Published Standard
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