71-6-302 - Part definitions.
71-6-302. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Department means the department of finance and administration;
(2) Sexual assault includes victims of any of the sexual offenses set out in § 40-24-108(b)(2);
(3) Sexual assault crisis intervention includes, but is not limited to:
(A) A 24-hour hotline for victims of sexual assault staffed by a trained person;
(B) Counseling for sexual assault victims and their families and friends;
(C) Accompaniment of victims of sexual assault to courts, hospitals, district attorneys offices, law enforcement, or victim/witness coordinators offices;
(D) Information and referrals for victims of sexual assault;
(E) Advocacy with law enforcement, criminal justice, medical, mental health, school, and other related systems on behalf of sexual assault victims; and
(F) Educational programs for allied professionals and the general public on sexual assault;
(4) Sexual assault program means a program that provides sexual assault program services; and
(5) Sexual assault program services means free sexual assault crisis intervention provided by a community-based program to persons who have been victims of a sexual assault and to their families and friends.
[Acts 2003, ch. 304, § 2.]