8Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

8 Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

8 Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

For the purposes of a parentage testing procedure that is DNA typing, a sampler—

(a) must not take a bodily sample (other than a blood sample) from a donor with a swab unless the swab has not been used for any purpose and is sterile, and

(b) must not take a bodily sample (other than a blood sample) from a donor that is a skin scraping or hair root unless the implement used by the sampler to take the sample is sterile, and

(c) must not take a blood sample from a donor unless—

(i) the needle or syringe that is to be used to withdraw the blood is sterile, disposable and has not been used for any purpose, and

(ii) the sampler ensures, before taking the sample, that the area of the donor’s skin into which the needle or syringe is to be inserted to withdraw the blood has been cleaned with an antiseptic.