This text of Iowa § 915.53 (Automated tracking system — sexual abuse evidence collection kits) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1.As used in this section:
a.“Forensic medical examination” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
b.“Kit” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
c.“Kit tracking system” means the automated sexual abuse evidence collection kit
tracking system established pursuant to this section.
d.“Laboratory” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
2.Thedepartmentofjusticeshallestablishanautomatedsexualabuseevidencecollection
kit tracking system within the crime victim assistance division of the department of justice
to assist public officials in tracking and reporting the location and status of sexual abuse
evidence collection kits.
3.The kit tracking system shall have the ability to do all of the following:
a.Track the location of a kit, including the initial dissemination of
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1. As used in this section:
a. “Forensic medical examination” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
b. “Kit” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
c. “Kit tracking system” means the automated sexual abuse evidence collection kit
tracking system established pursuant to this section.
d. “Laboratory” means the same as defined in section 709.10.
2. Thedepartmentofjusticeshallestablishanautomatedsexualabuseevidencecollection
kit tracking system within the crime victim assistance division of the department of justice
to assist public officials in tracking and reporting the location and status of sexual abuse
evidence collection kits.
3. The kit tracking system shall have the ability to do all of the following:
a. Track the location of a kit, including the initial dissemination of a kit to a health care
provider by the manufacturer or distributor of the kit, the collection of evidence collected by
a health care provider from a victim’s forensic medical examination, the receipt and storage
of the kit by a law enforcement agency, the receipt and analysis of the kit by a laboratory, the
storage of the kit after analysis, and the disposal of the kit.
b. Allow a health care provider performing a forensic medical examination, a law
enforcement agency, a county attorney, a laboratory, and other entities with custody of a
sexual abuse evidence collection kit to update and track the status and location of a kit.
c. Allow a victim of sexual abuse to anonymously track the status and location of a kit or
to receive notifications regarding the status of a kit.
d. Utilize an internet platform allowing for continuous access to the kit tracking system.
4. A law enforcement agency shall participate in the kit tracking system according to the
implementation schedule established by the department of justice.
5. A health care provider performing a forensic medical examination shall participate
in the kit tracking system according to the implementation schedule established by the
department of justice. A health care provider shall inform the victim of the number assigned
to the kit.
6. The kit tracking system shall not contain any personally identifying information about
a victim of a reported sexual abuse.
7. An office, agency, or department may satisfy a notification obligation to a victim as
required by section 915.52 through participation in the kit tracking system to the extent
information is available for dissemination through the kit tracking system. This subsection
shall not relieve a notification obligation under this subchapter due to the unavailability of
information for dissemination through the kit tracking system.
8. Information contained in the kit tracking system shall not be subject to discovery in a
criminal case resulting from a reported sexual abuse for which a kit has been collected and
information about the kit is maintained in the kit tracking system.