Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Justice
Chapter Jus 20 - Storage And Processing Of Sexual Assault Kits
Section Jus 20.04 - Law enforcement agency procedures
Current through August 26, 2024
A law enforcement agency shall:
(1) Upon being notified by a health care professional of the collection of a sexual assault kit, take possession of the kit within 72 hours.
(2) Upon taking possession of a sexual assault kit under sub. (1), send the kit to the state crime laboratories for processing within 14 days.
(3) When, after taking possession of a reporting victim's sexual assault kit from a health care professional, but before submitting the kit to the state crime laboratories for processing, the reporting victim notifies the law enforcement agency that the victim does not want to proceed with the analysis of the kit, submit the kit within 14 days to the state crime laboratories for storage.
(4) Notify the state crime laboratories whenever a victim, after having first chosen not to report a sexual assault as provided in s. Jus 20.03 (2) or notified the law enforcement agency that the victim does not want to proceed with analysis of the kit as provided in sub. (3), notifies the law enforcement agency that the victim does want to proceed with analysis of the kit.
