                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEXUAL ASSAULT; MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING; POLICIES (§ 23.1-807)

A. Richard Bland College and each baccalaureate public institution of higher
education and nonprofit private institution of higher education shall establish,
and the State Board shall adopt a policy requiring each comprehensive community
college to establish, a written memorandum of understanding with a sexual
assault crisis center or other victim support service in order to provide sexual
assault victims with immediate access to a confidential, independent advocate
who can provide a trauma-informed response that includes an explanation of
options for moving forward.

B. Each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution
of higher education shall adopt policies to provide to sexual assault victims
information on contacting such sexual assault crisis center or other victim
support service.

C. Each public institution of higher education or nonprofit private institution
of higher education may request the cooperation of the primary law-enforcement
agency of the locality in which the institution is located to establish a
written memorandum of understanding with such law-enforcement agency to address
the prevention of and response to criminal sexual assault as set forth in
Article 7 (&#xA7; 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 737, 745, § 23-9.2:16; 2016, cc. 481, 588.