Section 28.172 - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

DNA IDENTIFICATION PROFILING SYSTEM ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 250 of 1990

28.172 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of state police.

(b) "DNA identification profile" or "profile" means the results of the DNA identification profiling of a sample, including a paper, electronic, or digital record.

(c) "DNA identification profiling" means a validated scientific method of analyzing components of deoxyribonucleic acid molecules in a biological specimen to determine a match or a nonmatch between a reference sample and an evidentiary sample.

(d) "Felony" means a violation of a penal law of this state for which the offender may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law to be a felony.

(e) "Investigating law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of the offense for which the individual is convicted. Investigating law enforcement agency includes the county sheriff but does not include a probation officer employed by the department of corrections.

(f) "Sample" means a portion of an individual's blood, saliva, or tissue collected from the individual.

History: 1990, Act 250, Eff. June 17, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 508, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1997 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 88, Eff. Jan. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 535, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009