Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-11.6:1 — Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 1.2: Physical Evidence Recovery Kits and Trace Evidence Collection Kits, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-11.6:1
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
A. A health care provider may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination for a victim of sexual assault if a sexual assault forensic examiner is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit.
B. A physical evidence recovery kit collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the physical evidence recovery kit was collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination and not directly by a sexual assault forensic examiner, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence.
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