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No such contract or agreement for forensic laboratory services shall be made or entered into with any other laboratory, except as provided in subsection B.B\n\nThe Department may request, and the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services may grant, an exemption from the provisions of subsection A if (i) a laboratory described in subsection A does not meet the reasonable requirements of the Department; (ii) a laboratory described in subsection A cannot provide the forensic laboratory services required by the Department; (iii) forensic laboratory services identical to those provided by the laboratory described in subsection A can be obtained at a cost that is at least 10 percent less than the cost of obtaining such forensic laboratory services from the laboratory described in subsection A, as evidenced by a verified request for pricing; or (iv) in cases in which the Department has issued a Request for Proposals, a proposal submitted by a laboratory other than a laboratory described in subsection A has received a ranking that is at least 10 percent higher than the ranking of any laboratory described in subsection A. In any case in which an exemption is granted pursuant to this subsection, the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services shall submit a written justification for the exception to the Directors of the Department of Forensic Science and the Department of General Services.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":287545,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department may make and enter into contracts or agreements for forensic laboratory services with any laboratory located in the Commonwealth that is operated by an institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth or a corporate entity that is wholly owned by an institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth, which institution offers a program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 478<\/a> and 479<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80331,"identifier":"9.1-1101.1","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1101.1","url":"\/9.1-1101.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-1101.1\/","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1101.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purchase of forensic laboratory services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-1101.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the Department may make and enter into contracts<\/span> or agreements for forensic laboratory services with any laboratory located in the Commonwealth that is operated by an institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth or a corporate entity that is wholly owned by an institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth, which institution offers a program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. No such contract<\/span> or agreement for forensic laboratory services shall be made or entered into with any other laboratory, except as provided in subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department may request, and the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services may grant, an exemption from the provisions of subsection A if (i) a laboratory described in subsection A does not meet the reasonable requirements of the Department; (ii) a laboratory described in subsection A cannot provide the forensic laboratory services required by the Department; (iii) forensic laboratory services identical to those provided by the laboratory described in subsection A can be obtained at a cost that is at least 10 percent less than the cost of obtaining such forensic laboratory services from the laboratory described in subsection A, as evidenced by a verified request for pricing; or (iv) in cases in which the Department has issued a Request for Proposals, a proposal submitted by a laboratory other than a laboratory described in subsection A has received a ranking that is at least 10 percent higher than the ranking of any laboratory described in subsection A. In any case in which an exemption is granted pursuant to this subsection, the Director of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General Services shall submit a written justification for the exception to the Directors of the Department of Forensic Science and the Department of General Services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURCHASE OF FORENSIC LABORATORY SERVICES (\u00a7 9.1-1101.1)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department may make and enter\ninto contracts or agreements for forensic laboratory services with any\nlaboratory located in the Commonwealth that is operated by an institution of\nhigher education located in the Commonwealth or a corporate entity that is\nwholly owned by an institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth,\nwhich institution offers a program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree and\nis accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the\nSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools. No such contract or agreement for\nforensic laboratory services shall be made or entered into with any other\nlaboratory, except as provided in subsection B.\n\nB. The Department may request, and the Director of the Division of Purchases and\nSupply of the Department of General Services may grant, an exemption from the\nprovisions of subsection A if (i) a laboratory described in subsection A does\nnot meet the reasonable requirements of the Department; (ii) a laboratory\ndescribed in subsection A cannot provide the forensic laboratory services\nrequired by the Department; (iii) forensic laboratory services identical to\nthose provided by the laboratory described in subsection A can be obtained at a\ncost that is at least 10 percent less than the cost of obtaining such forensic\nlaboratory services from the laboratory described in subsection A, as evidenced\nby a verified request for pricing; or (iv) in cases in which the Department has\nissued a Request for Proposals, a proposal submitted by a laboratory other than\na laboratory described in subsection A has received a ranking that is at least\n10 percent higher than the ranking of any laboratory described in subsection A.\nIn any case in which an exemption is granted pursuant to this subsection, the\nDirector of the Division of Purchases and Supply of the Department of General\nServices shall submit a written justification for the exception to the Directors\nof the Department of Forensic Science and the Department of General Services.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 478, 479.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}