The county where an alleged rape or sexual offense occurred must pay the cost of any forensic medical examination performed by a physician, hospital, or clinic on the victim of the alleged rape or sexual offense. The cost of a forensic medical examination includes:

1. (1) Physician, hospital, or clinic services directly related to the forensic medical examination;
2. (2) Necessary forensic supplies;
3. (3) Scope procedures directly related to the forensic medical examination, including anoscopy and colposcopy;
4. (4) Laboratory testing directly related to the forensic medical examination, including drug screening, urinalysis, pregnancy screening, syphilis screening, chlamydia culture, gonorrhea coverage culture, HIV screening, hepatitis B and C screening, herpes culture, and any other sexually transmitted disease testing directly related to the examination;
5. (5) Any medication provided during the forensic medical examination; and
6. (6) Any radiology service directly related to the forensic medical examination.

Source: SL 1986, ch. 182; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 402; SL 2012, ch 126 , § 1; SL 2013, ch 108 , § 1; SL 2018, ch 131 , § 1; SL 2025, ch 94 , § 1.