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The Department shall ensure that each physical evidence recovery kit is assigned a unique identification number.B\n\nThe Department shall provide access to the System to health care providers, law-enforcement agencies, the Division, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. All such entities and agencies shall be required to enter the identification number and other information pertaining to the kits in the System as required by the Department and to update the status and location of each kit in the System whenever such status or location changes.C\n\nThe health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit utilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the System.D\n\nRecords entered into the System are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227892,"text":"The Department shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits. 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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 473<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62487,"identifier":"19.2-11.13","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.13","url":"\/19.2-11.13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-11.13\/","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking System","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-11.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for physical evidence recovery kits<\/span>. The Physical Evidence Recovery Kit<\/span> Tracking System (the System) will utilize an assigned unique identification number to track each physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> from its distribution as an uncollected kit to the health care provider<\/span> through to its destruction. The Department<\/span> shall ensure that each physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> is assigned a unique identification number. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall provide access to the System to health care providers<\/span>, law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, the Division<\/span>, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. All such entities and agencies shall be required to enter the identification number and other information pertaining to the kits in the System as required by the Department<\/span> and to update the status and location of each kit in the System whenever such status or location changes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The health care provider<\/span> shall inform the victim of sexual assault<\/span> of the unique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> utilized by the health care provider<\/span> during the forensic medical examination and provide the victim with information regarding the System. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Records entered into the System are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPHYSICAL EVIDENCE RECOVERY KIT TRACKING SYSTEM (\u00a7 19.2-11.13)\n\nA. The Department shall maintain a statewide electronic tracking system for\nphysical evidence recovery kits. The Physical Evidence Recovery Kit Tracking\nSystem (the System) will utilize an assigned unique identification number to\ntrack each physical evidence recovery kit from its distribution as an\nuncollected kit to the health care provider through to its destruction. The\nDepartment shall ensure that each physical evidence recovery kit is assigned a\nunique identification number.\n\nB. The Department shall provide access to the System to health care providers,\nlaw-enforcement agencies, the Division, and the Office of the Chief Medical\nExaminer. All such entities and agencies shall be required to enter the\nidentification number and other information pertaining to the kits in the System\nas required by the Department and to update the status and location of each kit\nin the System whenever such status or location changes.\n\nC. The health care provider shall inform the victim of sexual assault of the\nunique identification number assigned to the physical evidence recovery kit\nutilized by the health care provider during the forensic medical examination and\nprovide the victim with information regarding the System.\n\nD. Records entered into the System are confidential and are not subject to\ndisclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 473.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}