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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 529<\/a> and 538<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351236,"identifier":"19.2-11.6:1","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.6_1","url":"\/19.2-11.6_1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-11.6_1\/","token":"19.2\/1.2\/19.2-11.6_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-11.6:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A health care provider<\/span> may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination<\/span> for a victim of sexual assault<\/span> if a sexual assault forensic examiner<\/span> is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination<\/span> shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> was collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination<\/span> and not directly by a sexual assault forensic examiner<\/span>, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit<\/span> is otherwise admissible<\/span> pursuant to the general rules of evidence. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTELEHEALTH SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS; ADMISSIBILITY OF PHYSICAL\nEVIDENCE RECOVERY KIT (\u00a7 19.2-11.6:1)\n\nA. A health care provider may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic\nexamination for a victim of sexual assault if a sexual assault forensic examiner\nis not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination\nfor the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit.\n\nB. A physical evidence recovery kit collected during a telehealth sexual assault\nforensic examination shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because\nthe physical evidence recovery kit was collected during a telehealth sexual\nassault forensic examination and not directly by a sexual assault forensic\nexaminer, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit is otherwise\nadmissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 529, 538.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}