The general (repeat) registration requirements are given below in italics in the next paragraphs in italics with a reference to Article 12 paragraph 2 in the Register of Court Experts in Criminal Cases Decree (Besluit register deskundige in strafzaken).
An expert will only be registered as an expert in criminal cases upon submission of the application if, in the opinion of the Board, the expert:
has sufficient knowledge and experience in the field of expertise to which the application relates;
has sufficient knowledge of and experience in the field of law concerned, and is sufficiently familiar with the position and the role of the expert in this field;
is able to inform the commissioning party whether, and if so, to what extent the commissioning party’s question at issue is sufficiently clear and capable of investigation in order to be able to answer it on the basis of their specific expertise;
is able, on the basis of the question at issue, to prepare and carry out an investigation plan in accordance with the applicable standards;
is able to collect, document, interpret and assess investigative materials and data in a forensic context in accordance with the applicable standards;
is able to apply the current investigative methods in a forensic context in accordance with the applicable standards
is able to give a verifiable and well-reasoned case report on the assignment and any other relevant aspects of their expertise in terms which are comprehensible to the commissioning party, both orally and in writing;
is able to complete an assignment within the stipulated or agreed period.
is able to carry out the activities as an expert independently, impartially, conscientiously, competently, and in a trustworthy manner.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) has sufficient knowledge and experience in the field of expertise to which the application relates.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
Basic requirements:
– have an academic Master’s degree (preliminary medical-biological training);
– work, for a period of at least 3 years, in a relevant specialist field at the level of a university Master's degree. For example: at hospitals, pharmacies, research laboratories and forensic institutes;
– have obtained the ERT-registration;
– be familiar with the basic concepts from the areas referred to in Annex A, and be aware of any personal limitations of knowledge in these areas;
– be able to refer matters on to examiners in certain adjacent toxicological fields of expertise, such as environmental toxicology or veterinary toxicology;
– mention membership of a relevant professional association upon application.
Specific requirements:
– demonstrably have interpreted and reported a minimum of 10 case reports1 in the preceding 5 years that have been subjected to collegial review;
In case the applicant is also acting as a supervisor, at least two reports on the List of Case Information should be independently prepared reports.
– have spent an average of 40 hours a year over the past 5 years on forensically relevant professional development (e.g. publications, attending conferences, running or attending courses).
1 In these instances the applicant should have played a demonstrable role in the pre-analytical and/or analytical and/or post-analytical part of the investigation (as far as applicable) involving a complex substantive interpretation. This excludes, for example, reporting a measured result without interpretation. In this sense, ‘interpretation’ does not refer to the comparison of a threshold value. In the process, all relevant facts, as far as known from the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phase, and other relevant factors are taken into account, with reference to the scientific literature. An applicant should have recent experience of interpreting and reporting cases at the time of his application for registration.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
Basic requirements:
– have an academic Master’s degree (preliminary medical-biological training);
– work, for a period of at least 3 years, in a relevant specialist field at the level of a university Master's degree. For example: at hospitals, pharmacies, research laboratories and forensic institutes;
– have obtained the ERT-registration;
– be familiar with the basic concepts from the areas referred to in Annex A, and be aware of any personal limitations of knowledge in these areas;
– be able to refer matters on to examiners in certain adjacent toxicological fields of expertise, such as environmental toxicology or veterinary toxicology;
– mention membership of a relevant professional association upon application.
Specific requirements:
– have concluded training on forensic reporting;
– demonstrably have interpreted and reported a minimum of 4 case reports² in the preceding 2 years that have been subjected to collegial review;
– having spent an average of 40 hours a year over the past 2 years on forensically relevant professional development (e.g. attending conferences, running or attending courses, publications).
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
Basic requirements:
– have an academic Master’s degree (preliminary medical-biological training);
– work, for a period of at least 3 years, in a relevant specialist field at the level of a university Master's degree. For example: at hospitals, pharmacies, research laboratories and forensic institutes;
– have obtained the ERT-registration;
– be familiar with the basic concepts from the areas referred to in Annex A, and be aware of any personal limitations of knowledge in these areas;
– be able to refer matters on to examiners in certain adjacent toxicological fields of expertise, such as environmental toxicology or veterinary toxicology;
– mention membership of a relevant professional association upon application.
Specific requirements:
– demonstrably have interpreted and reported a minimum of 10 case reports² in the preceding 5 years that have been subjected to collegial review;
– an average of 40 hours a year over the past 5 years on forensically relevant professional development (e.g. attending conferences, running or attending courses, publications).
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
Basic requirements:
– have an academic Master’s degree (preliminary medical-biological training);
– work, for a period of at least 3 years, in a relevant specialist field at the level of a university Master's degree. For example: at hospitals, pharmacies, research laboratories and forensic institutes;
– have obtained the ERT-registration;
– be familiar with the basic concepts from the areas referred to in Annex A, and be aware of any personal limitations of knowledge in these areas;
– be able to refer matters on to examiners in certain adjacent toxicological fields of expertise, such as environmental toxicology or veterinary toxicology;
– mention membership of a relevant professional association upon application.
Specific requirements:
– demonstrably have interpreted and reported a minimum of 4 case reports in the preceding 2 years that have been subjected to collegial review;
– an average of 40 hours per year in principle during the past 2 years on professional development (e.g. attending conferences, running or attending courses, publications).
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) has sufficient knowledge of and experience in the field of law concerned, and is sufficiently familiar with the position and the role of the expert in this field.
In general an applicant should have adequate knowledge of Dutch criminal law:
context of criminal law:
Trias Politica, distinction between civil law, administrative law and criminal law.
criminal law procedure:
pre-trial investigation;
coercive measures;
stages of the proceedings;
actors in the criminal justice system (tasks/powers/responsibilities);
regulations concerning experts laid down in the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure (position and powers of commissioning party, legal position of expert, position and powers of lawyer, forms of counter-analysis, register of experts in the context of criminal law);
legal decision-making framework of the court in criminal cases (decision-making schedule laid down in Section 350 of the Dutch Criminal Code of Procedure), also with a view to the relevance of the commission to the expert and to the question at issue;
course of the criminal trial;
position of the expert in the court procedure.
substantive criminal law:
sanctions and grounds for exemption from criminal liability (very basic).
knowledge of the legal context of safeguarding the quality of the expert and the analysis/investigation:
position and role of the co-operating organisations in the criminal justice system in safeguarding the quality of the reports;
professional codes and relevant regulations in relation to the NRGD Code of Conduct.
In addition to the above requirements, an applicant for the field of expertise Forensic Toxicology:
should be familiar with the relevant Dutch Medicines Act, Opium Act, Road Traffic Act, Regulation Investigation regarding Blood and Urine, Regulation Breath Analysis and/or other legislation relating to traffic and transport and keep abreast of new legislation.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to inform the commissioning party whether, and if so, to what extent the commissioning party’s question at issue is sufficiently clear and capable of investigation in order to be able to answer it on the basis of their specific expertise.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able, on the basis of the question at issue, to prepare and carry out an investigation plan in accordance with the applicable standards.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to collect, document, interpret and assess investigative materials and data in a forensic context in accordance with the applicable standards.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to apply the current investigative methods in a forensic context in accordance with the applicable standards.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to give a verifiable and well-reasoned case report on the assignment and any other relevant aspects of their expertise in terms which are comprehensible to the commissioning party, both orally and in writing.
An applicant should:
be able, on the basis of the results, to report to a non-expert about an interpretation and conclusion (both in writing and verbally) and should be able to support these with statistics where relevant;
if necessary, ask for more information about the case and should know the limitations of his expertise.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to complete an assignment within the stipulated or agreed period.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
(...) is able to carry out the activities as an expert independently, impartially, conscientiously, competently, and in a trustworthy manner.
An applicant should:
comply with the NRGD Code of Conduct determined by the Board of Court Experts and published on the website of the NRGD.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
The Board may decide not to apply or deviate from a registration requirement if application of such requirement would produce very unreasonable results. The hardship clause may only offer a solution in certain exceptional situations. It is up to the applicant himself to submit facts and circumstances showing that a certain registration requirement is unreasonable in his specific case.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
De datum van inwerkingtreding ligt voor de datum van uitgifte.
Artikel III
Registration requirements for Forensic Toxicology
Onderdeel van Standards Forensic Toxicology (004.1)· Procesrecht
Deze tekst geldt sinds 12 december 2016