OBJECTIVES OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIME LABORATORY DIRECTORS
LABORATORY ACCREDITATION BOARD (ASCLD/LAB)

As a part of the first ASCLD/LAB accreditation program which was completed in 1981, four (4) objectives for the program were established.  These objectives, which follow, have remained unchanged and have continued to guide the program as it has evolved over the years.

1. To improve the quality of laboratory services provided to the criminal justice system.


2. To adopt, develop and maintain criteria which may be used by a laboratory  to assess its level of performance and to strengthen its operation.


3. To provide an independent, impartial, and objective system by which laboratories can benefit from a total operational review.


4. To offer to the general public and to users of laboratory services a means of identifying those laboratories which have demonstrated that they meet established standards.