- I. The attorney general shall provide written notice regarding sexual assault survivors' rights in RSA 21-M:18 to medical centers, hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, state and local law enforcement agencies, and any other state agency or department reasonably likely to serve sexual assault survivors; and shall make the information set forth in RSA 21-M:18 publicly available on the attorney general's Internet website.
II. In addition to the rights set forth in RSA 21-M:18, the attorney general shall provide written notice of the following rights to those entities listed in paragraph I:
- (a) The right not to be charged fees for or otherwise prevented from pursuing a sexual assault evidence collection kit.
- (b) The right to have a medical examination regardless of whether the survivor reports to or cooperates with law enforcement, and the right to have such examination at no cost pursuant to RSA 21-M:8-c.
- (c) The availability of assistance from the office of victim/witness assistance pursuant to RSA 21-M:8-b.
- (d) The availability of protective orders and policies related to their enforcement.
- (e) Policies regarding the storage, preservation, and disposal of sexual assault evidence collection kits.
- (f) The process, if any, to request preservation of sexual assault evidence collection kits or the probative evidence from such kits.
- (g) The availability of victim's compensation and restitution pursuant to RSA 21-M:8-k.
Source. 2018, 276:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2018.