(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law shall develop a uniform sexual assault examination kit.
(b) Under protocols developed under AS 18.68.020,
(1) the Department of Public Safety shall distribute the kits throughout the state; and
(2) peace officers and health care providers shall use the kits for the gathering of evidence in cases of suspected sexual assault.
(c) The appropriate person under the protocols developed under AS 18.68.020 shall provide a sexual assault examination kit at no charge.
(d) This section does not prohibit the introduction in court of evidence obtained without the use of a sexual assault examination kit.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
Chapter 68. Sexual Assault Investigations
Sec. 18.68.010. Sexual assault examination kit.
Sec. 18.68.020. Sexual assault investigations protocols.
Sec. 18.68.030. Training in protocols and sexual examination kits.
Sec. 18.68.040. Sexual assault victim may not be required to pay for examination.