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2020 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 5 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 6 - Sexual Assault Kit Processing Act
Section 602 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 76-5-602 (2020)
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Effective 5/8/2018
76-5-602. Definitions.
For purposes of this part:
Amended by Chapter 57, 2018 General Session
76-5-602. Definitions.
For purposes of this part:
- (1) "Collecting facility" means a hospital, health care facility, or other facility that performs sexual assault examinations.
- (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.
- (3) "Restricted kit" means a sexual assault kit:
- (a) that is collected by a collecting facility; and
- (b) for which a victim who is 18 years of age or older at the time of the sexual assault kit evidence collection declines:
- (i) to have his or her sexual assault kit processed; and
- (ii) to have the sexual assault examination form shared with any entity outside of the collection facility.
- (4) "Sexual assault kit" means a package of items that is used by medical personnel to gather and preserve biological and physical evidence following an allegation of sexual assault.
- (5) " Trauma-informed, victim-centered" means policies, procedures, programs, and practices that:
- (a) have demonstrated an ability to minimize retraumatization associated with the criminal justice process by recognizing the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledging the role that trauma has played in the life of a victim of sexual assault or sexual abuse; and
- (b) encourage law enforcement officers to interact with victims of sexual assault or sexual abuse with compassion and sensitivity in a nonjudgmental manner.
Amended by Chapter 57, 2018 General Session
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