Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division

Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division

Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division Table of Contents 1. Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.1. Goals ............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.2. Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Evidence Handling ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Submission of Evidence ................................................................................................................... 10 2.3. Receiving Evidence ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.4. Cases Containing Currency, Valuables, Large Items, and Bullets .................................................... 11 2.5. Cases Requiring Examination for Latent Prints ................................................................................ 12 2.6. Cases Containing Possible Biohazards ............................................................................................. 12 2.7. Return of Evidence to the Submitting Agency ................................................................................. 13 2.8. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 13 3. Analysis Guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.2. Safety ............................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3. Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4. Sampling Guidelines ......................................................................................................................... 15 3.5. Basic Analytical Scheme (Powders, Liquids, Tar and Chunk Substance) .......................................... 17 3.6. Drug Residues .................................................................................................................................. 19 3.7. Plant Substance and Plant Substance Residues ............................................................................... 20 3.8. Tablets and Capsules – General ....................................................................................................... 22 3.9. Pharmaceutical Tablets and Capsules .............................................................................................. 22 3.10. Clandestine Tablets and Capsules .................................................................................................. 23 3.11. No Controlled Substance Identification ......................................................................................... 24 3.12. Literature and Supporting Documentation .................................................................................... 24 3.13. Related Documents ........................................................................................................................ 25 4. Case Documentation ............................................................................................................................... 26 4.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 26 4.2. Contents of Case Folder ................................................................................................................... 26 4.3. Technical Review .............................................................................................................................. 26 4.4. Administrative Review ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.5. Administrative and Technical Review Issues ................................................................................... 28 Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures FAD-CS-SOP Issued By: Manager – Controlled Substances Issue Date: October 23, 2015 Uncontrolled When Printed Page 2 of 121 Controlled Substances Standard Operating Procedures Forensic Analysis Division 4.6. Report Modification Records ........................................................................................................... 28 4.7. Page Numbering of Examination Documents .................................................................................. 28 4.8. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 29 5. Controlled Substances Worksheets ........................................................................................................ 30 5.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 30 5.2. Controlled Substances Examination Sheet ...................................................................................... 30 5.3. Controlled Substances Notes Sheet ................................................................................................. 34 5.4. Controlled Substances Marihuana Checklist ................................................................................... 34 5.5. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................... 35 6. Instrument Performance and Maintenance ........................................................................................... 36 6.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 36 6.2. General Requirements for Analytical Instrumentation ................................................................... 36 6.3. UV/VIS Spectrophotometer ............................................................................................................. 36 6.4. FTIR Spectrometer ........................................................................................................................... 36 6.5. Gas Chromatography/Flame Ionization Detector (GC/FID) ............................................................. 37 6.6. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) ....................................................................... 37 6.7. Balances ........................................................................................................................................... 38 6.8. Pipettes ............................................................................................................................................ 40 6.9. Malfunction of an Instrument, Pipet, or Balance ............................................................................ 41 6.10. Related Documents ........................................................................................................................ 41 7. Gas Chromatography (GC) for Quantitation of Codeine in Liquids ........................................................ 42 7.1. Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 42 7.2. Safety ............................................................................................................................................... 42 7.3. Equipment, Materials, and Reagents ............................................................................................... 42 7.4. Standards, Controls, and Calibration ............................................................................................... 42 7.5. Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 45 7.6. Interpretation................................................................................................................................... 46 7.7. Estimation of the Uncertainty of Measurement (UM) .................................................................... 47 7.8. Limitations........................................................................................................................................ 47 7.9. Advantages ....................................................................................................................................... 47 7.10. Literature and Supporting Documentation .................................................................................... 48 7.11. Related Documents .......................................................................................................................

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