Section 651-C:1 Definitions. - New Hampshire Statutes

In this chapter:
   I. ""CODIS'' means the Combined DNA Index System, the FBI's national DNA identification index system.
   II. ""Department'' means the department of safety.
   III. ""Division'' means the division of state police, department of safety.
   IV. ""DNA'' means deoxyribonucleic acid.
   V. ""DNA record'' means the DNA identification information stored in the state DNA database or CODIS for the purpose of generating investigative leads or supporting statistical interpretation of DNA test results. The DNA record is the objective form of the DNA analysis test and may include numerical representation of DNA fragment lengths, digital images of autoradiographs, discrete allele assignment numbers, and similar characteristics obtained from a DNA sample which are of value in establishing the identity of individuals. A DNA record may not specify the presence, absence, or alteration of any gene or chromosome.
   VI. ""DNA sample'' means a blood, tissue, hair follicle, or other biological sample provided by any person or submitted to the division pursuant to this subdivision for analysis or storage or both.
   VII. ""FBI'' means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
   VIII. (a) ""Sexual offender'' means a person who has been convicted of any violation of:
         (1) RSA 632-A:2, RSA 632-A:3, or RSA 632-A:4; or
         (2) A law of another state or the federal government reasonably equivalent to a violation listed in subparagraph (1).
      (b) ""Sexual offender'' also means a juvenile who has been found delinquent because of actions which, if the juvenile were an adult, would be crimes under RSA 632-A:2, 632-A:3, or 632-A:4. In the case of a juvenile offender, a DNA sample shall be provided prior to the juvenile's eighteenth birthday, or in the case of a person sentenced under RSA 169-B:4, prior to such person's nineteenth birthday.
   IX. ""Violent crime'' means a capital, first degree, or second degree murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, first degree assault, second degree assault, felony arson, kidnapping, robbery, felony burglary, or negligent homicide committed in consequence of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled drugs, as these crimes are defined by statute.

Source. 2002, 183:1, eff. May 15, 2002.