(a) The nearest facility to which a victim of sexual assault may be taken shall be designated by the Maryland Department of Health in cooperation with:
- (1) the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland; and
- (2) the State's Attorney in the subdivision where the sexual assault occurred.
(b)
- (1) A police officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who receives a report of an alleged sexual assault shall offer the alleged victim the opportunity to be taken immediately to the nearest facility.
- (2) The offer shall be made without regard for the place of the alleged sexual assault or where it is reported.
Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6.
Formerly Art. 27, § 790.