• American Board of Forensic Document Examiners

• American Board of Forensic Toxicology

• American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators

• Board of Forensic Document Examiners

• International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences

IAI also has established certification programs in:

• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

• Crime Scene Investigation

• Footwear

• Forensic Art

• Forensic Photography/Imaging

• Latent Print

• Tenprint Fingerprint⁴⁰

Other certification programs exist for (but are not limited to) the following forensic science disciplines:

• Document Examination (The American Board of Forensic Document Examiners [ABFDE])

• Drug Analysis, Fire Debris Analysis, Molecular Biology, Trace Analysis, and General Criminalistics (ABC)

• Firearms and ToolMark Identification (Association of Firearm and ToolMark Examiners [AFTE])

• Forensic Odontology (The American Board of Forensic Odontology [ABFO])

• Forensic Pathology (The American Board of Pathology [ABP])

• Toxicology (American Board or Forensic Toxicology [ABFT])

Each of these entities has specific educational, training, and experience requirements, including a series of competency tests—both written and practical—and participation in proficiency testing, and provide continuing education/active participation by means of publication, presentation, and membership in professional organizations.

One way of enforcing quality control is through the conditional funding of programs. The Justice for All Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-405) that created