22-22-26.2. Coordination of payment of cost of forensic medical examinations--Notice to victim--Victim not required to participate.
Each physician, hospital, and clinic conducting an examination under §22-22-26 shall coordinate with the county to establish a payment process by which the county shall pay for the cost of any forensic medical examination performed under §22-22-26 and to notify any victim of rape or sexual offense of the availability of a forensic medical examination at no cost to the victim. A victim of rape or sexual offense is not required to participate in the criminal justice system or to cooperate with law enforcement to be provided with a forensic medical examination without cost to the victim.
The amount paid to a physician, hospital, or clinic for a forensic medical exam performed under §22-22-26 may not exceed the actual cost of the forensic medical examination or an amount established by the secretary of the Department of Social Services, whichever is less. The amount established by the secretary under this section shall be based on Medicaid payment methodology. A physician, hospital, or clinic may not maintain a claim against a county for any amount that exceeds the usual ordinary and reasonable charge for a forensic medical examination, including an amount that is less than the actual cost of the forensic medical examination. If the physician, hospital, or clinic performs forensic medical examinations, or any portion of a forensic medical examination, to persons who are medically indigent residing in the county in which the physician, hospital, or clinic is located at a cost less than the amount provided for in this section, the physician, hospital, or clinic shall furnish the forensic medical examination, or any applicable portion of the forensic medical examination, at the lower cost.
Source: SL 2018, ch 131, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 22-22-1 - Rape--Degrees--Felony--Statute of limitations.
Section 22-22-1.2 - Minimum sentences for rape or sexual contact with child.
Section 22-22-1.3 - Contents of presentence investigation report for person convicted of sex crime.
Section 22-22-1.4 - Exception for mitigating circumstances--Factual basis relied upon in writing.
Section 22-22-7 - Sexual contact with child under sixteen--Felony or misdemeanor.
Section 22-22-7.1 - Sexual contact defined--Exception when within the scope of medical practice.
Section 22-22-7.2 - Sexual contact with person incapable of consenting--Felony.
Section 22-22-7.3 - Sexual contact with child under sixteen years of age--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 22-22-7.5 - Safety zone of child victim of sex crime.
Section 22-22-7.8 - Sexual contact with child under eighteen--Position of authority--Penalty.
Section 22-22-24.3 - Sexual exploitation of a minor--Felonies--Assessment.
Section 22-22-26 - County to pay for forensic medical examinations.
Section 22-22-26.1 - Cost of forensic medical examination--Convicted defendant to reimburse county.
Section 22-22-26.4 - Forensic medical examination--Informed Consent--Liability or discipline.
Section 22-22-27 - Definition of terms--Sex offenses by psychotherapists.
Section 22-22-28 - Sexual contact by psychotherapist--Felony.
Section 22-22-29 - Sexual penetration by psychotherapist--Felony.
Section 22-22-42 - Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony.
Section 22-22-43 - Sexual act with an animal defined--Proof.
Section 22-22-44 - Provisions of § 22-22-42 not applicable to accepted practices.
Section 22-22-45 - Threatening to commit a sexual offense--Felony.