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Panel weighs allowing ISO‑accredited labs for DUI blood and breath tests amid state lab backlog
Summary
Corey Patton, committee staff, summarized House Bill 1228 at the Jan. 27 hearing: it would permit blood and breath analyses used in DUI and related prosecutions to be validated either under state toxicologist permitting or by laboratories accredited to ISO/IEC 17025.
Corey Patton, committee staff, summarized House Bill 1228 at the Jan. 27 committee hearing as a proposal to establish an alternative validation pathway for blood and breath toxicology analyses: either the current state‑toxicologist methods and permitting system or testing performed by laboratories accredited to the international ISO/IEC 17025 standard for forensic toxicology testing.
Prosecutors said backlog at the Washington State Patrol toxicology lab is delaying prosecutions and public‑safety outcomes. Bradley Lane, a senior prosecutor with the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, told the committee that the lab backlog has increased referrals…
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