Ohio Administrative Code
Title 109:7 - Crime Victims Compensation and Assistance
Chapter 109:7-1 - Medical Examination of Victim of Sexual Assault
Section 109:7-1-01 - Sexual assault examination protocol
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) When conducting a medical examination of a victim of an offense under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.06 of the Revised Code for the purpose of gathering physical evidence for a possible prosecution, a hospital, children's advocacy center, or other emergency medical facility shall follow the protocol and procedures established by the director of health pursuant to section 2907.29 of the Revised Code and shall only use a sexual assault evidence collection kit that meets that protocol in order to qualify for payment from the reparations fund established pursuant section 2743.191 of the Revised Code.
(B) When a hospital, children's advocacy center, or other emergency medical facility provides an HIV post-exposure prophylaxis treatment as part of the examination under this section it shall be administered in accordance with the centers for disease control and prevention's "Updated Guidelines for Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV."
