A. A Sexual Assault Examination Fund shall be established for the purpose of providing to a victim of a sexual assault a forensic medical examination by a qualified licensed health care professional and to provide to the victim medications as directed by said health care professional.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Sexual assault" means:

a.rape, or rape by instrumentation, as defined in Sections 1111, 1111.1 and 1114 of this title, or

b.forcible sodomy, as defined in Section 888 of this title; and

2. "Qualified licensed health care professional" means a physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care professional qualified by training and experience to perform sexual assault examinations.

C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to pay for this examination and the medications directed by the qualified licensed health care professional upon application submitted by the victim of a sexual assault.

D. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall establish the procedures for disbursement of the Sexual Assault Examination Fund, but in no event shall the Crime Victims Compensation Board pay an amount to exceed:

1. Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00) for a sexual assault examination; and

2. Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for medications which are related to the sexual assault and directed and deemed necessary by said health care professional.

Such payments shall not exceed the amounts specified by this subsection regardless of the amount of any individual bills comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only upon claims signed by the victim or guardian and health care professional.

E. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill annually, from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to the Sexual Assault Examination Fund for the payment of sexual assault forensic examinations and medications, pursuant to this section.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 177, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 280, § 9, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1991, c. 137, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 348, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 11, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 279, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2007, c. 171, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 283, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.