Judicial Code
Utah Uniform Parentage Act
Section 504
Report of genetic testing.
     78B-15-504.   Report of genetic testing.
     (1) A report of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this part is self-authenticating.
     (2) Documentation from the testing laboratory of the following information is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony:
     (a) the names and photographs of the individuals whose specimens have been taken;
     (b) the names of the individuals who collected the specimens;
     (c) the places and dates the specimens were collected;
     (d) the names of the individuals who received the specimens in the testing laboratory;
     (e) the dates the specimens were received; and
     (f) the finger prints of the individuals whose specimens have been taken.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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