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Forensic Science Standards Library

OSAC's Forensic Science Standards Library is an interactive database of the current forensic science standards landscape. The term "standard" applies collectively to a document and can be a best practice recommendation, classification, code, guide, method/test method, practice, specification, or vocabulary/terminology. The elements required in a "standard" will differ by the type of document and by the standards developing organization (SDO).

Visit the OSAC Registry to see the SDO published and OSAC Proposed Standards that have been approved by OSAC and are endorsed for implementation.

Search for the following types of standards in the OSAC Forensic Science Standards Library:

  • OSAC Registry: The OSAC Registry is a repository of selected SDO published and OSAC Proposed Standards that have been approved and are endorsed by OSAC for implementation.
  • OSAC Registry Archive: The OSAC Registry Archive is a collection of standards that were on the OSAC Registry and have been replaced by revised standards.
  • SDO Published: This is a standard that has been developed through the consensus process and has been published by a standards developing organization (SDO). An SDO published standard is available to the forensic science community and may be considered for the OSAC Registry.
  • In SDO Development: This is a standard that is currently under development at an SDO. The standard may have been initially drafted within OSAC and sent to the SDO for further development, or it may have been started directly at the SDO.
  • OSAC Proposed: This is a standard that was initiated and drafted by OSAC and will eventually be sent to an SDO for further development and publication. An OSAC Proposed Standard may or may not be included on the OSAC Registry.
  • Under Development: This is a working draft inside of OSAC and not yet publicly available.

Forensic Science Standards Library

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OSAC Registry
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OSAC Registry Archive
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SDO-Published Standards
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In SDO Development
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More info Designation Number Title OSAC Subcommittee(s) Document Owner Status Date added to the Registry Sort ascending
ASB Standard 041-2x ASB Standard 041-2x Formulating Propositions for Likelihood Ratios in Forensic DNA Interpretations Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 045-2x ASB Standard 045-2x Standard for Stature Estimation in Forensic Anthropology, 2nd Ed. Forensic Anthropology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 040-2x ASB Standard 040-2x Standard for Forensic DNA Interpretation and Comparison Protocols, 2nd Ed. Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 044-2x ASB Standard 044-2x Standard for Examination of Documents for Indentations, 2nd Ed. Forensic Document Examination Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 043-2x ASB Standard 043-2x Standard for Disaster Human Remains Detection Dogs Program - Training, Certification, and Documentation Dogs & Sensors Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 042-2x ASB Standard 042-2x Standard for Disaster Live Human Detection Dogs Program - Training, Certification, and Documentation Dogs & Sensors Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 037-2x ASB Standard 037-2x Standard for Reports and Testimony in Forensic Toxicology, 2nd Ed. Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 046-2x ASB Standard 046-2x Standard for Wildlife Forensics Validation STR Analysis, 2nd Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 182-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 182-2x Victim Accounting: Best Practice Recommendations for Medicolegal Authorities in Mass Fatality Management Medicolegal Death Investigation Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 129-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 129-2x Best Practice Recommendations for Internal Validation of Human Short Tandem Repeat Profiling on Capillary Electrophoresis Platforms Human Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 190-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 190-2x Best Practice Recommendation for the Use of Digital Image Capture and File Storage Technology in Forensic Document Examination Forensic Document Examination Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 192-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 192-2x Best Practice Recommendation for Peer Review Medicolegal Death Investigation Reports Medicolegal Death Investigation Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 161-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 161-2x Best Practice Recommendation for Creating Known Distance Witness Panels and Estimating the Associated Measurement Uncertainty Firearms & Toolmarks Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 176-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 176-2x Best Practice Recommendations for Fatality Management During a Pandemic Medicolegal Death Investigation Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 174-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 174-2x Age Estimation in Forensic Anthropology Forensic Anthropology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 126-2x ASB Best Practice Recommendation 126-2x Best Practice Recommendation for Casting Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence at the Crime Scene, 2nd Ed. Footwear & Tire Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASTM E2330-2x ASTM E2330-2x 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 In SDO Development
ASTM E2917-2x ASTM E2917-2x Standard Practice for Forensic Science Practitioner Training, Continuing Education, and Professional Development Programs Interdisciplinary ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E3255-2x ASTM E3255-2x Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Forensic Science Service Providers Performing Forensic Chemical Analysis Interdisciplinary ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E860-2x (WK89150) ASTM E860-2x Standard Practice for Examining and Preparing Items That Are or May Become Involved in Criminal or Civil Litigation Interdisciplinary ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM WK93971 ASTM WK93971 Test Method for the Analysis of Fentanyl and Related Substances Using Gas-Chromatography-Infrared Spectroscopy (GC-IR) Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E2327-2x (WK98097) ASTM E2327-2x Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Laboratories Performing Seized-Drug Analysis Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E2326-2x (WK97971) ASTM E2326-2x, Standard Practice for Education and Training of Seized-Drug Analysts Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E2549-2x (WK93983) ASTM E2549-2x Practice for Validation of Seized-Drug Analytical Methods Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM WK72526 ASTM WK72526 Standard Practice for Expert Opinions on the Interpretation of Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM WK88832 ASTM WK88832 Standard Practice for The Collection of Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Particles from Clothing, Vehicles, and Other Inanimate Objects using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Stubs Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E2997-25 ASTM E2997-25 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Biodiesel Products by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International SDO Published Standard
ASTM E1412-2x (WK88544) ASTM E1412-2x 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 In SDO Development
ASTM E1969-2x (WK93500) ASTM E1969-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Methamphetamine and Amphetamine Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E2125-2x (WK93501) ASTM E2125-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in the Forensic Analysis of Phencyclidine and its Analogues Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E1968-2x (WK93499) ASTM E1968-2x Standard Practice for Microcrystal Testing in Forensic Analysis for Cocaine Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
ANSI/ASTM E3189-19 (2025) ANSI/ASTM E3189-19 (2025) 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 SDO Published Standard
ASB Best Practice Recommendation 183-26 ASB Best Practice Recommendation 183-2x Best Practice Recommendations for Limited Examinations for Friction Ridge Friction Ridge Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard
OSAC 2026-N-1046 OSAC 2026-N-1046 Standard for the Collection of Known Handwriting in Forensic Document Examination Forensic Document Examination The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science OSAC Proposed Draft Standard, Under Development
OSAC 2023-N-0010 OSAC 2023-N-0010 Standard Practice for the Collection of Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Particles from Clothing Vehicles and Other Inanimate Objects using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Stubs Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science OSAC Proposed Draft Standard, OSAC Registry Archived
ASTM E1967-2x (WK88537) ASTM E1967-2x 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 In SDO Development
OSAC 2022-S-0019 OSAC 2022-S-0019 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fibers Trace Materials The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science OSAC Proposed Draft Standard, OSAC Registry Archived
ASB Technical Report 208-2x ASB Technical Report 208-2x Forensic Toxicology: Terms and Definitions, 2nd Ed. Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 053-2x ASB Standard 053-2x Standard for Report Content in Forensic Toxicology Forensic Toxicology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASB Standard 019-2x ASB Standard 019-2x Standard for the Practice of Wildlife Forensic Laboratories, 2nd Ed. Wildlife Forensic Biology Academy Standards Board In SDO Development
ASTM E620-2x ASTM E620-2x Practice for Reporting Opinions of Scientific or Technical Experts Interdisciplinary ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM WK77530 ASTM WK77530 Practice for Forensic Integrity Training Interdisciplinary ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E3309-2x ASTM E3309-2x Standard Guide for Reporting of Forensic Primer Gunshot Residue (pGSR) Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (SEM/EDS) Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E1618-2x ANSI/ASTM E1618-2x Standard Test Method for Ignitable Liquid Residues in Extracts from Fire Debris Samples by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International In SDO Development
ASTM E3407-2x ASTM E3407-2x Classification for Ignitable Liquids Encountered in Fire Debris Analysis Ignitable Liquids, Explosives & Gunshot Residue ASTM International In SDO Development
OSAC 2022-S-0041 OSAC 2022-S-0041 Best Practice Recommendations for Internal Validation of DNA Extraction Methods Human Forensic Biology The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science In SDO Development, OSAC Proposed Draft Standard
OSAC 2026-N-1050 OSAC 2026-N-1050 Standard Practice for Facial Comparison Training of Reviewers to Competency Facial & Iris Identification The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science OSAC Proposed Draft Standard, Under Development
ASB Standard 032-26 ASB Standard 032-26 Standards for a Bloodstain Pattern Analyst's Training Program, 2nd Ed. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Academy Standards Board SDO Published Standard
OSAC 2022-S-0040 OSAC 2022-S-0040 Standard for Internal Validation of DNA Extraction Methods Human Forensic Biology The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science In SDO Development, OSAC Proposed Draft Standard
ASTM E2882-2x (WK93502) ASTM E2882-2x Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Evidence Seized Drugs ASTM International In SDO Development
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