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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368729</law_id><section_number>54.1-3431</section_number><catch_line>Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="16" identifier="34">Drug Control Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any administrative <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, a certificate of analysis of a chemist, performed in any laboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science or authorized by such Department to conduct such analysis, when such certificate is attested by such chemist, shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>. A copy of such certificate shall be delivered to the parties in interest at least seven days prior to the date fixed for the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>.</p><p>Any certificate of analysis purporting to be signed by any chemist shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> as <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> without any proof of the seal or signature or of the official character of the chemist whose name is signed to it.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-524.77; 1970, c. 650; 1972, cc. 741, 798, &#xA7; 54-524.77:1; 1973, c. 479; 1977, c. 633; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 825; 2005, cc. 868, 881.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
