Cost of forensic medical examination--Convicted defendant to reimburse county.

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22-22-26.1. Cost of forensic medical examination--Convicted defendant to reimburse county.

A person who is convicted of a rape or sexual offense shall be required as part of the sentence imposed by the court to reimburse the county for the cost of any forensic medical examination performed under §22-22-26 resulting from the rape or sexual offense for which the defendant is convicted. The cost of a forensic medical examination to be paid by the county under §22-22-26 and reimbursed to the county under this section shall include:

(1)Physician, hospital, or clinic services and fees directly related to the forensic medical examination, including integral forensic supplies;

(2)Scope procedures directly related to the forensic medical examination, including anoscopy and colposcopy;

(3)Laboratory testing directly related to the forensic medical examination, including drug screening, urinalysis, pregnancy screening, syphilis screening, chlamydia culture, gonorrhea coverage culture, blood test for HIV screening, hepatitis B and C, herpes culture, and any other sexually-transmitted disease testing directly related to the examination;

(4)Any medication provided during the forensic medical examination; and

(5)Any radiology service directly related to the forensic medical examination.

Source: SL 2018, ch 131, §2.


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