CODE OF VIRGINIA

LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKING POSSESSION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE RECOVERY KITS AND TRACE
EVIDENCE COLLECTION KITS (§ 19.2-11.7)

A. A health care provider that has collected a physical evidence recovery kit
from a victim of sexual assault or a trace evidence collection kit from a victim
of strangulation who has elected to report the offense shall forthwith notify
the law-enforcement agency that such kit has been collected.

B. A law-enforcement agency that receives notice from a health care provider
that a physical evidence recovery kit or trace evidence collection kit has been
collected shall forthwith take possession of the physical evidence recovery kit
or trace evidence collection kit.

HISTORY: 2016, cc. 332, 698; 2023, c. 312.