2019 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 13 - 13C — Data Practices
Chapter 13 — Government Data Practices
Section 13.822 — Sexual Assault Data.

Universal Citation: MN Stat § 13.822 (2019)
13.822 SEXUAL ASSAULT DATA.

Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) "Community-based program" means any office, institution, or center offering assistance to victims of sexual assault and their families through crisis intervention, medical, and legal accompaniment and subsequent counseling.

(b) "Sexual assault counselor" means a person who has undergone at least 40 hours of crisis counseling training and works under the direction of a supervisor in a crisis center, whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice, counseling, or assistance to victims of sexual assault.

(c) "Victim" means a person who consults a sexual assault counselor for the purpose of securing advice, counseling, or assistance concerning a mental, physical, or emotional condition caused by a sexual assault.

(d) "Sexual assault communication data" means all information transmitted in confidence between a victim of sexual assault and a sexual assault counselor and all other information received by the sexual assault counselor in the course of providing assistance to the victim. The victim shall be deemed the subject of sexual assault communication data.

Subd. 2. Classification. All sexual assault communication data are classified as private data on individuals.

History: 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1982 c 558 s 2; 1999 c 227 s 22

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