Virginia § 19.2-11.6:1 Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit

Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-11.6:1 — Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit

Virginia § 19.2-11.6:1

Title 19.2Criminal Procedure

Ch. 1.2Physical Evidence Recovery Kits and Trace Evidence Collection Kits

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-11.6:1 (2026).

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A.A health care provider may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination for a victim of sexual assault if a sexual assault forensic examiner is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit.

B.A physical evidence recovery kit collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the physical evidence recovery kit was collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination and not directly by a sexual assault forensic examiner, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence.

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A. A health care provider may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination for a victim of sexual assault if a sexual assault forensic examiner is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit.

B. A physical evidence recovery kit collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the physical evidence recovery kit was collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination and not directly by a sexual assault forensic examiner, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence.