§ 5435. Access to a sexual assault nurse examiner
(a) On or before September 1, 2017, the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS) and the Vermont SANE Program shall enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to ensure improved access to sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) for victims of sexual assault in underserved regions. Improved access may include all acute care hospitals to provide patients with care from a paid employee who is also a certified sexual assault nurse examiner or access to a shared regional staffing pool that includes certified sexual assault nurse examiners.
(b) The Vermont SANE Program shall develop and offer an annual training regarding standards of care and forensic evidence collection to emergency department appropriate health care providers at acute care hospitals in Vermont. Personnel who are certified sexual assault nurse examiners shall not be subject to this subsection.
(c) On or before January 1, 2018, the SANE Program shall report to the General Assembly on training participation rates pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (Added 2017, No. 68, § 1.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
§ 5352. Victims Compensation Board
§ 5353. Application for compensation
§ 5354. Review of applications
§ 5355. Approval or rejection of application
§ 5356. Amount of compensation
§ 5357. Subrogation; lien; disposition of proceeds
§ 5358. Duties of law enforcement agency
§ 5358a. Application information; confidentiality
§ 5359. Victims Compensation Special Fund
§ 5360. Domestic and Sexual Violence Special Fund
§ 5361. Center for Crime Victim Services
§ 5363. Crime Victims’ Restitution Special Fund
§ 5365. Access to financial records
§ 5366. Delay in debt collection by health care provider
§ 5403. Reporting to Department of Public Safety
§ 5404. Reporting upon release from confinement or supervision
§ 5405. Court determination of sexually violent predators
§ 5405a. Court determination of Sex Offender Registry requirements
§ 5406. Department of Corrections duty to provide notice
§ 5407. Sex offender’s responsibility to report
§ 5408. Record of addresses; arrest warrant
§ 5411. Notification to local law enforcement and local community
§ 5411a. Electronic posting of the Sex Offender Registry
§ 5411a. Electronic posting of the Sex Offender Registry
§ 5411b. Designation of high-risk sex offender
§ 5411d. Designation of noncompliant high-risk sex offender
§ 5413. Expungement of records
§ 5414. Participation in national sex offender registration
§ 5415. Enforcement; special investigation units
§ 5416. Persons subject to erroneous Sex Offender Registry requirements; petition to correct
§ 5421. Notice of profits from a crime
§ 5422. Actions to recover profits from a crime
§ 5431. Definition; certification