§ 32.1-162.15:3 Services for sexual assault patients; plan required
A. Every health care facility shall provide written information about local or statewide sexual and domestic violence advocacy services. Such information shall be readily available to adult and pediatric patients.
B. Every hospital shall develop and, upon approval by the Department, implement a plan to provide either sexual assault patient treatment services or sexual assault patient transfer and stabilization services for sexual assault patients.
C. Sexual assault patient treatment plans shall include provisions for (i) the delivery of services described in § 32.1-162.15:4 and (ii) the storage, retention, and dissemination of photographic evidence in accordance with § 32.1-162.15:8.
D. Sexual assault patient transfer service plans shall include (i) provisions for the delivery of services described in § 32.1-162.15:5 and (ii) the written agreement of a treatment hospital to accept transfer of sexual assault patients.
E. A treatment hospital for which a plan has been approved pursuant to subsection C or a transfer hospital for which a plan has been approved pursuant to subsection D may enter into an agreement for the transfer of pediatric sexual assault patients from the treatment hospital or transfer hospital to an approved pediatric health care facility pursuant to a pediatric sexual assault patient transfer plan. Such plan shall include (i) provisions for the delivery of services described in § 32.1-162.15:6 and (ii) the written agreement of an approved pediatric health care facility to accept transfer of sexual assault patients.
F. Sexual assault patient treatment plans, sexual assault patient transfer plans, and pediatric sexual assault patient transfer plans shall be submitted in a form and in accordance with procedures specified by the Board. The Department shall approve or deny such plans, in writing, within 30 days of receipt of such plans. If the Department denies a plan submitted pursuant to this section, the Department shall provide the hospital with a written statement setting forth the reasons for such denial.
History
This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 725 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapters 480 and 491.
2020, c. 725; 2025, cc. 480, 491.