<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>359144</law_id><section_number>32.1-162.15:8</section_number><catch_line>Storage, retention, and dissemination of photographic documentation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-162.15:3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="75" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="8">Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Photographic documentation collected by a <span class="dictionary">treatment hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">approved pediatric health care facility</span> shall be maintained by the <span class="dictionary">treatment hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">approved pediatric health care facility</span> as part of the patient&#x2019;s forensic medical examination. In the case of an <span class="dictionary">anonymous physical evidence recovery kit</span>, photographic documentation shall be maintained by the <span class="dictionary">treatment hospital</span> or <span class="dictionary">approved pediatric health care facility</span>, but the <span class="dictionary">anonymous physical evidence recovery kit</span> shall be maintained in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Anonymous physical evidence recovery kits and anonymous trace evidence collection kits" href="/19.2-11.6/">19.2-11.6</a>.</p></section></text><history>2020, c. 725.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
