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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 02.08.01.03" title_num="02" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Information Provided to Victims.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A health care provider that performs a sexual assault evidence collection kit exam on a victim of sexual assault shall provide the victim with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If known, contact information for the investigating law enforcement agency that the victim may contact about the status and results of the kit analysis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Notice of the right to request an independent review of a law enforcement agency’s decision not to test a sexual assault evidence collection kit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An investigating law enforcement agency that receives a sexual assault evidence collection kit, within 30 days after a request by the victim from whom the evidence was collected, shall provide the victim with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The law enforcement agency’s decision regarding whether to send the sexual assault evidence collection kit to a forensic laboratory for analysis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The law enforcement agency’s decision regarding whether to send the sexual assault evidence collection kit to a forensic laboratory for analysis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>All available results of the kit analysis except results that would impede or compromise an ongoing investigation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>