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Investigating Sexual Assault
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As used in this article, the term:
- "Forensic medical examination" means an examination by a health care provider of a person who is a victim of a sexual assault. Such examination shall include a physical examination, documentation of biological and physical findings, and collection of physical evidence from the victim.
- "Investigating law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of the alleged sexual assault.
- "Sexual assault" means rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, statutory rape, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, sexual assault against a person in custody, sexual assault against a person detained in a hospital or other institution, sexual assault by a practitioner of psychotherapy against a patient, incest, bestiality, sexual battery, and aggravated sexual battery as those terms and offenses are set forth and defined in Chapter 6 of Title 16.
(Code 1981, §17-5-70, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 486, § 3/HB 1297.)
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