312 IAC 22-3-4 Personnel qualifications

Sec. 4. (a) A person who conducts an investigation or a scientific investigation under this article must satisfy the qualification standards established by 312 IAC 21-3-4. (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the department may require the use of professionals with specialized expertise as appropriate to serve in a capacity equivalent to that of a principal investigator in the exercise of a particular permit involving the removal of human remains or as appropriate to the removal of particular human remains. Persons who may possess the required expertise include those in the areas of archaeology, anthropology, physical anthropology, paleopathology, or another closely related field. Qualifications for these professionals include the following requirements: (1) A graduate degree in anthropology or another closely related field as anticipated in this subsection. (2) Satisfaction of either of the following: (A) Three (3) years of supervisory experience in archaeology, anthropology, physical anthropology, paleopathology, or a closely related field where the principal focus of professional study has been the recovery, evaluation, analysis, and curation of artifacts, materials and information, burial objects, and human remains discovered in historic, archaeological, or historic burial ground sites, and whose professional work has resulted in the study of paleopathology and human osteology. This work: (i) shall include cranial, postcranial, and dental analysis, and destructive and nondestructive scientific testing of human remains; and (ii) must have resulted in the preparation of a research-oriented monograph, thesis, or dissertation. (B) Accreditation by the Forensic Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. (c) A field or laboratory supervisor may submit draft and final reports that address the recovery, evaluation, analysis, or curation of human remains. To qualify as a field or laboratory supervisor, a person must satisfy either of the following requirements: (1) A master's degree in archaeology, anthropology, physical anthropology, or paleopathology or a related field and one (1) year of supervisory experience in the excavation or laboratory techniques pertinent to the recovery, evaluation, analyses, and curation of human remains from an historic, archaeological, or a burial ground located within an historic site. (2) Accreditation by the Forensic Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. (d) A field or laboratory technician is an assistant supervisor or field or laboratory field or laboratory crew member with experience in archaeological or physical anthropological techniques related to the recovery and preparation for analysis of human remains recovered from historic, archaeological, or historic burial ground sites. A laboratory technician must: (1) be experienced in laboratory analyses and techniques; and (2) hold a bachelor's degree in anthropology, or a closely related field, or possess equivalent background, with one (1) year of field recovery, preparation, or analyses. (e) Qualification for specialists in the fields of medicine, forensic medicine, pathology, or related sciences who are employed during the course of scientific investigations to provide biological, genetic, or chemical information will be based on verifiable professional accreditation or qualifying graduate degrees.