                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEMBERSHIP (§ 9.1-1111)

The Scientific Advisory Committee is hereby established as an advisory board
within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government.
The Scientific Advisory Committee (the Committee) shall consist of 13 members,
consisting of the Director of the Department, and 12 members appointed by the
Governor as follows: a director of a private or federal forensic laboratory; a
forensic scientist or any other person, with an advanced degree, who has
received substantial education, training, or experience in the subject of
laboratory standards or quality assurance regulation and monitoring; a forensic
scientist with an advanced degree who has received substantial education,
training, or experience in the discipline of molecular biology; a forensic
scientist with an advanced degree and having experience in the discipline of
population genetics; a scientist with an advanced degree and having experience
in the discipline of forensic chemistry; a scientist with an advanced degree and
having experience in the discipline of forensic biology; a forensic scientist or
any other person, with an advanced degree who has received substantial
education, training, or experience in the discipline of trace evidence; a
scientist with a doctoral degree and having experience in the discipline of
forensic toxicology, who is certified by the American Board of Forensic
Toxicology; a member of the Board of the International Association for
Identification when initially appointed; a member of the Board of the
Association of Firearms and Tool Mark Examiners when initially appointed; a
member of the International Association for Chemical Testing; and a member of
the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.
		Members of the Committee initially appointed shall serve the following terms:
four members shall serve a term of one year, four members shall serve a term of
two years, and four members shall serve a term of four years. Thereafter, all
appointments shall be for a term of four years. A vacancy other than by
expiration of term shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
		Members of the Committee shall be paid reasonable and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties, and shall receive compensation for
their services as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 868, 881; 2014, cc. 102, 253; 2024, c. 210.