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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351236</law_id><section_number>19.2-11.6:1</section_number><catch_line>Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="1.2">Physical Evidence Recovery Kits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">health care provider</span> may conduct a <span class="dictionary">telehealth sexual assault forensic examination</span> for a <span class="dictionary">victim of sexual assault</span> if a <span class="dictionary">sexual assault forensic examiner</span> is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span>. <a id="paragraph-1307991" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-11.6_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> collected during a <span class="dictionary">telehealth sexual assault forensic examination</span> shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> was collected during a <span class="dictionary">telehealth sexual assault forensic examination</span> and not directly by a <span class="dictionary">sexual assault forensic examiner</span>, provided that such <span class="dictionary">physical evidence recovery kit</span> is otherwise <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> pursuant to the general rules of evidence. <a id="paragraph-1307992" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-11.6_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2025, cc. 529, 538.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
