The state crime laboratories shall:
- (1) Process sexual assault kits from a reporting victim that are submitted by law enforcement agencies.
- (2) Return processed sexual assault kits to the submitting law enforcement agency after processing.
- (3) Securely store submitted sexual assault kits from victims who have chosen not to report the sexual assault to a law enforcement agency for 10 years from the date that the sexual assault forensic examination occurred.
- (4) If, after 10 years from the date that the sexual assault forensic examination occurred, a law enforcement agency does not notify the state crime laboratories of a report of a sexual assault as provided in s. Jus 20.04 (4), destroy the sexual assault kit.
History
History: EmR2207: emerg. cr., eff. 6-6-22; CR 22-060: cr. Register May 2023 No. 809, eff. 6-1-23.