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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-401

Definitions

Acts 1983, No. 403, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-1820 — 41-1822; Acts 1991, No. 612, § 1; 2001, No. 993, § 1; 2003, No. 1390, § 3.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Appropriate emergency medical-legal examinations” means health care delivered with emphasis on the collection of evidence for the purpose of prosecution.

(2) It shall include, but not be limited to, the appropriate components contained in an evidence collection kit for sexual assault examination distributed by the Forensic DNA Section of the State Crime Laboratory;

(3) “Licensed health care provider” means a person licensed in a healthcare field who conducts medical-legal examinations;

(4) “Medical facility” means any healthcare provider that is currently licensed by the Department of Health and providing emergency services; and

(5) “Victim” means any person who has been a victim of any alleged sexual assault or incest as defined by § 5-14-101 et seq. and § 5-26-202.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.