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  • About Us
    • History
    • By Laws
    • Fees
    • Newsletters and Announcements
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Certification
    • Application Process
      • Testing Accommodations
    • Ed Rhodes Scholarship
    • Recertification
    • Conversion to Emeritus, Name Change, Certificate Replacement
    • Dormancy of Certification
  • Affiliates
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    • Bio Screen
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    • Molecular Bio
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American Board of Criminalistics
PO Box 1358
Palmetto, FL 34220
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COVID19 Response
Updated 6/8/2021 ​

The ABC is lifting our COVID19 Exam Sitting Guidelines.  If you are sitting for an examination, you will be expected to comply with any requirements set forth by the sitting location.  If you host an examination, your LAC (Local Arrangements Coordinator) is responsible for ensuring that any site-specific requirements are communicated to the Test Site Manager.  The LAC is responsible for ensuring that site specific requirements are met.
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Who We Are

The ABC is composed of regional and national organizations which represent forensic scientists. Each organization is entitled to one member on the ABC Board of Directors and one member on the ABC Examination Committee. The representatives from these organizations can answer any questions about the ABC, certification examinations, and related issues.
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Certification

Certification is a voluntary process of peer review by which a practitioner is recognized as having attained the professional qualifications necessary to practice in one or more disciplines of criminalistics. The ABC offers a certifications in biological evidence screening, forensic DNA, molecular biology, drug chemistry, and comprehensive criminalistics.
Our Purpose

The Forensic Science community has an obligation to:
  • Establish professional levels of knowledge, skills and abilities;
  • Define a mechanism for achieving these levels;
  • Recognize those who have demonstrated attainment of these levels;
  • Promote growth within the profession.​

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​The ABC was the first Certification body Accredited by the Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board.


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  • Home
  • About Us
    • History
    • By Laws
    • Fees
    • Newsletters and Announcements
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Certification
    • Application Process
      • Testing Accommodations
    • Ed Rhodes Scholarship
    • Recertification
    • Conversion to Emeritus, Name Change, Certificate Replacement
    • Dormancy of Certification
  • Affiliates
  • Examinations
    • Offerings
      • Host An Exam
    • Bio Screen
    • Comp Crim
    • Drug Analysis
    • Forensic DNA
    • Molecular Bio
    • Field Testing
      • FKE
  • Ethics
  • Appeals
  • Members Only Access
  • Certificant Directory
  • Online Payments
  • FSAT