Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Forensic Science
Board
Forensic Science Board

General Notice
Approval of Field Tests for the Detection of Drugs
Date Posted: 2/18/2025
Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Submitted to Registrar for publication: YES
No comment forum defined for this notice.

In accordance with 6VAC40-30, Regulations for the Approval of Field Tests for Detection of Drugs, and under the authority of the Code of Virginia, the Department of Forensic Science recently approved the following presumptive mobile instrument for the detection of drugs:  

908 DEVICES 

645 SUMMER STREET 

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210 

MX908 Handheld Mass Spectrometer  

This approval is limited to use of the Trace Module in Drug Hunter mode and to the compounds within the mobile instrument’s library. This presumptive mobile instrument is approved in addition to another mobile instrument and chemical field tests, both previously published in the General Notices section of the Virginia Register of Regulations: 39:15 VA.R. 2073 March 13, 2023 and 39:12 VA.R. 1519-1523 January 30, 2023, respectively.  


Contact Information
Name / Title: Amy Jenkins  / Department Counsel
Address: 700 North 5th Street
Richmond, 23219
Email Address: amy.jenkins@dfs.virginia.gov
Telephone: (804)786-6848    FAX: (804)786-6857    TDD: ()-