76-5-503 - Voluntary testing -- Victim to request -- Costs paid by Crime Victim Reparations.
76-5-503. Voluntary testing -- Victim to request -- Costs paid by Crime VictimReparations.
(1) A victim or minor victim of a sexual offense as provided under Title 76, Chapter 5,Part 4, may request a test for the HIV infection.
(2) (a) The local health department shall obtain the blood specimen from the victim andforward the specimen to the Department of Health.
(b) The Department of Health shall analyze the specimen of the victim.
(3) The testing shall consist of a base-line test of the victim at the time immediately or assoon as possible after the alleged occurrence of the sexual offense. If the base-line test result isnot positive, follow-up testing shall occur at three months and six months after the allegedoccurrence of the sexual offense.
(4) The Crime Victim Reparations Fund shall pay for the costs of the victim testing if thevictim provides a substantiated claim of the sexual offense, does not test HIV positive at thebase-line testing phase, and complies with eligibility criteria established by the Crime VictimReparations Act.
Enacted by Chapter 40, 1993 General Session