                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SERVICES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PATIENTS; PLAN REQUIRED (§ 32.1-162.15:3)

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 &#xA7; 32.1-162.15:4 and (ii) the storage,
retention, and dissemination of photographic evidence in accordance with &#xA7;
32.1-162.15:8.

D. Sexual assault patient transfer service plans shall include (i) provisions
for the delivery of services described in &#xA7; 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 &#xA7; 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: 2020, c. 725; 2025, cc. 480, 491.