                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SERVICES FOR PEDIATRIC SEXUAL ASSAULT PATIENTS; PLAN REQUIRED (§ 32.1-162.15:6)

A. A pediatric health care facility may provide treatment services or transfer
and stabilization services to pediatric sexual assault patients in accordance
with a pediatric sexual assault patient treatment plan or pediatric sexual
assault patient transfer and stabilization plan approved by the Department. No
pediatric health care facility shall provide pediatric sexual assault treatment
or transfer and stabilization services to a pediatric sexual assault patient
unless a pediatric sexual assault patient treatment plan for the pediatric
health care facility has been approved by the Department.

B. A pediatric health care facility wishing to provide pediatric sexual assault
patient treatment services shall submit a pediatric sexual assault patient
treatment plan to the Department. The Board shall adopt regulations to establish
standards for the review and approval of pediatric sexual assault patient
treatment plans, which shall include provisions for the delivery of treatment
services described in &#xA7; 32.1-162.15:4.
			In cases in which the pediatric health care facility is not able to provide
the full range of treatment services required by &#xA7; 32.1-162.15:4, the plan
shall include (i) the specific treatment services that the pediatric health care
facility will provide for pediatric sexual assault patients; (ii) provisions for
transfer services required by &#xA7; 32.1-162.15:5 for pediatric sexual assault
patients for whom treatment services are not provided by the pediatric health
care facility; (iii) the written agreement of a treatment hospital to accept
transfer of pediatric sexual assault patients for whom treatment services are
not provided by the pediatric health care facility; and (iv) if the pediatric
health care facility does not provide services 24 hours per day, seven days per
week, provisions to inform the public regarding the need to seek an alternative
source of treatment, including emergency medical services, which may include
requirements for appropriate signage.

C. A pediatric health care facility wishing to provide pediatric sexual assault
patient transfer and stabilization services shall submit a pediatric sexual
assault patient transfer plan to the Department. The Board shall adopt
regulations to establish standards for review and approval of pediatric sexual
assault patient transfer plans, which shall include provisions for (i) the
delivery of sexual assault patient transfer and stabilization services in
accordance with the requirements of &#xA7; 32.1-162.15:5 and (ii) the written
agreement of a treatment hospital to accept transfer of pediatric sexual assault
patients.

D. Pediatric sexual assault patient treatment 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.