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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 725<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2025, chapters 480<\/a> and 491<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54372,"section_number":"19.2-11.6","catch_line":"Anonymous physical evidence recovery kits and anonymous trace evidence collection kits","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75863,"identifier":"32.1-162.15:9","token":"32.1\/5\/8\/32.1-162.15_9","url":"\/32.1-162.15_9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-162.15_9\/","token":"32.1\/5\/8\/32.1-162.15_9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Submission of evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-162.15:9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every treatment hospital<\/span> and approved pediatric health care facility<\/span><\/span><\/span> that provides a medical forensic examination<\/span> that includes completion of a physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> to a sexual assault<\/span> patient who has elected to report the assault<\/span> to law<\/span> enforcement shall notify the law<\/span>-enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault<\/span> within four hours of the medical forensic examination<\/span> and arrange for collection of the physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> within a reasonable timeframe. A treatment hospital<\/span> or approved pediatric health care facility<\/span><\/span><\/span> that provides a medical forensic examination<\/span> that includes completion of a physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> to a sexual assault<\/span> patient who elects not to report the sexual assault<\/span> to law<\/span> enforcement shall comply with the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-11.6<\/a> relating to anonymous physical evidence recovery kits<\/span><\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE (\u00a7 32.1-162.15:9)\n\nEvery treatment hospital and approved pediatric health care facility that\nprovides a medical forensic examination that includes completion of a physical\nevidence recovery kit to a sexual assault patient who has elected to report the\nassault to law enforcement shall notify the law-enforcement agency with the\nprimary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault within four\nhours of the medical forensic examination and arrange for collection of the\nphysical evidence recovery kit within a reasonable timeframe. A treatment\nhospital or approved pediatric health care facility that provides a medical\nforensic examination that includes completion of a physical evidence recovery\nkit to a sexual assault patient who elects not to report the sexual assault to\nlaw enforcement shall comply with the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-11.6 relating to\nanonymous physical evidence recovery kits.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 725; 2025, cc. 480, 491.","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}}