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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359145</law_id><section_number>32.1-162.15:9</section_number><catch_line>Submission of evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="8">Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">treatment hospital</span> and <span class="dictionary">approved pediatric health care facility</span> that provides a <span class="dictionary">medical forensic examination</span> that includes completion of a <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> to a sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> patient who has elected to report the <span class="dictionary">assault</span> to <span class="dictionary">law</span> enforcement shall notify the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> within four hours of the <span class="dictionary">medical forensic examination</span> and arrange for collection of the <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> within a reasonable timeframe. A <span class="dictionary">treatment hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">approved pediatric health care facility</span> that provides a <span class="dictionary">medical forensic examination</span> that includes completion of a <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> to a sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> patient who elects not to report the sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> to <span class="dictionary">law</span> enforcement shall comply with the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Anonymous physical evidence recovery kits and anonymous trace evidence collection kits" href="/19.2-11.6/">19.2-11.6</a> relating to <span class="dictionary">anonymous physical evidence recovery kits</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, c. 725; 2025, cc. 480, 491.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
