2006 Minnesota Statutes

634.15 ADMISSION INTO EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF ANALYSIS
AND BLOOD SAMPLE REPORTS.
    Subdivision 1. Certificates of analysis; blood sample reports; chain of custody. In any
hearing or trial of a criminal offense or petty misdemeanor or proceeding pursuant to section
169A.53, subdivision 3, the following documents shall be admissible in evidence:
(a) a report of the facts and results of any laboratory analysis or examination if it is prepared
and attested by the person performing the laboratory analysis or examination in any laboratory
operated by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or authorized by the bureau to conduct an
analysis or examination, or in any laboratory of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the federal
Postal Inspection Service, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or the federal
Drug Enforcement Administration;
(b) a report of a blood sample withdrawn under the implied consent law if:
(i) The report was prepared by the person who administered the test;
(ii) The person who withdrew the blood sample was competent to administer the test under
section 169A.51, subdivision 7; and
(iii) The report was prepared consistent with any applicable rules promulgated by the
commissioner of public safety; and
(c) a verified chain of custody of a specimen while under the control of a laboratory
described in clause (a).
A report described in clause (a) purported to be signed by the person performing the analysis
or examination in a laboratory named in that clause, or a blood sample report described in clause
(b) purported to be signed by the person who withdrew the blood sample shall be admissible as
evidence without proof of the seal, signature or official character of the person whose name is
signed to it. The signature in clause (a) or (b) can be written or in electronic format.
    Subd. 2. Testimony at trial. Except in civil proceedings, including proceedings under
section 169A.53, an accused person or the accused person's attorney may request, by notifying
the prosecuting attorney at least ten days before the trial, that the following persons testify in
person at the trial on behalf of the state:
(a) A person who performed the laboratory analysis or examination for the report described
in subdivision 1, clause (a); or
(b) A person who prepared the blood sample report described in subdivision 1, clause (b).
If a petitioner in a proceeding under section 169A.53 subpoenas a person described in
paragraph (a) or (b) to testify at the proceeding, the petitioner is not required to pay the person
witness fees under section 357.22 in excess of $100.
History: 1980 c 553 s 3; 1982 c 423 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1997 c 2 s 65; 2000 c 478 art 2
s 7; 2002 c 301 s 1; 2003 c 29 s 1