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Forensic Science Regulator guidance

This series brings together all documents relating to forensic science.

Updates to this page

From:
Forensic Science Regulator
Published:
7 February 2023
Last updated:
4 August 2026
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  1. The 'Toxicology: analysis for drugs in relation to s5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988' guidance has been added.

  2. Added Forensic science activities: interpretation and communication (FSR-GUI-0004) to the collection.

  3. Added guidance on incident scene examination.

  4. Added DNA contamination controls: forensic medical examinations.

  5. Forensic Science Regulator’s notifications moved to separate collection page.

  6. Added 'Forensic medical examination of sexual offence complainants', which has replaced 'FSR-G-212: guidance for the assessment, collection and recording of forensic science related evidence in sexual assault examinations'.

  7. Added regulator’s notification 02-2023: the status of the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP) register.

  8. Added the document DNA contamination controls: laboratory.

  9. Added new category 'Forensic Science Regulator’s notifications' to page.

  10. Updated page to clarify that documents issued by the non-statutory regulator remain valid.

  11. Firearms urgent classification process (non-accreditation) has been added to this collection.

  12. Added guidance on declaring compliance with the code of practice.

  13. First published.

This collection brings together documents that provide guidance to anyone who performs forensic science activities (also known as FSAs).

Some of these documents were published before the Forensic Science Regulator received statutory powers in July 2022. We are reviewing these documents and will replace them as the statutory regulator adopts them.  In the meantime, all documents on this page remain valid.

Previous documents can be found on The National Archives.

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