                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COORDINATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND THE ABUSE,
NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION OF ADULTS (§ 15.2-1627.5)

A. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction in the Commonwealth
shall establish a multidisciplinary child sexual abuse response team, which may
be an existing multidisciplinary team. The multidisciplinary team shall conduct
regular reviews of new and ongoing reports of felony sex offenses in the
jurisdiction involving a child and the investigations thereof and, at the
request of any member of the team, may conduct reviews of any other reports of
child abuse and neglect or sex offenses in the jurisdiction involving a child
and the investigations thereof. The multidisciplinary team shall meet frequently
enough to ensure that no new or ongoing reports go more than 60 days without
being reviewed by the team.

B. The following individuals, or their designees, shall participate in review
meetings of the multidisciplinary team established pursuant to subsection A: the
attorney for the Commonwealth; law-enforcement officials responsible for the
investigation of sex offenses involving a child in the jurisdiction; a
representative of the local child protective services unit; a representative of
a children&#8217;s advocacy center serving the jurisdiction, if one exists; and
a representative of an Internet Crimes Against Children task force affiliate
agency serving the jurisdiction, if one exists. In addition, the attorney for
the Commonwealth may invite other individuals, or their designees, including the
school superintendent of the jurisdiction; a representative of any sexual
assault crisis center serving the jurisdiction, if one exists; the director of
the victim/witness program serving the jurisdiction, if one exists; and a health
professional knowledgeable in the treatment and provision of services to
children who have been sexually abused.

C. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction may also establish a
multidisciplinary adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation response team to review
cases of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults as defined in &#xA7;
63.2-1603. The multidisciplinary team may be established separately or in
conjunction with any already existing multidisciplinary team.

HISTORY: 2014, cc. 780, 801; 2019, cc. 170, 775; 2024, cc. 779, 829.