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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations
Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault -- Medical-Legal Examinations
§ 12-12-401. Definitions
Universal Citation: AR Code § 12-12-401 (2017)
- As used in this subchapter:
- (1)
- (A) "Appropriate emergency medical-legal examinations" means health care delivered with emphasis on the collection of evidence for the purpose of prosecution.
- (B) It shall include, but not be limited to, the appropriate components contained in an evidence collection kit for sexual assault examination distributed by the Forensic DNA Section of the State Crime Laboratory;
- (2) "Licensed health care provider" means a person licensed in a healthcare field who conducts medical-legal examinations;
- (3) "Medical facility" means any healthcare provider that is currently licensed by the Department of Health and providing emergency services; and
- (4) "Victim" means any person who has been a victim of any alleged sexual assault or incest as defined by § 5-14-101 et seq. and § 5-26-202.
- (1)
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