Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 178A - Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights
NRS 178A.270 - Office of the Attorney General to develop and make available document explaining rights; contents.

1. The Office of the Attorney General shall:
(a) Develop a document that explains the rights of a survivor pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and other relevant law; and
(b) Make the document available to medical providers, law enforcement officials and prosecutors.
2. The document must be in clear language that is comprehensible to a person proficient in English at the reading level of a fifth grader, accessible to persons with visual disabilities and available in all major languages of this State.
3. The document must include, without limitation:
(a) A clear statement that the survivor is not required to participate in the criminal justice system or to receive a forensic medical examination in order to retain the rights provided by the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and other relevant law;
(b) Means of contacting, by telephone or Internet, nearby sexual assault victims’ advocates and centers for support for victims of sexual assault;
(c) Information about the availability of temporary and extended orders of protection pursuant to NRS 200.378;
(d) Instructions for requesting the results of the genetic marker analysis of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit of the survivor;
(e) Information concerning state and federal funds for compensation for medical and other costs associated with the sexual assault;
(f) Information concerning any municipal, state or federal right to restitution for survivors in the event of a criminal trial; and
(g) Information concerning testing for the human immunodeficiency virus and other common sexually transmitted diseases.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2844; A 2021, 3191)

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