{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-1912","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 23-1912","heading":"Limitations on law enforcement actions against sexual assault victims seeking medical treatment.","body":"(a)\nA sexual assault victim, when the sexual assault victim is seeking emergency medical treatment or medical forensic care related to a sexual assault, or a victim, as that term is defined in § 23-1904a(a)(4), when the victim is seeking emergency medical treatment or medical forensic care at a hospital related to an intentionally inflicted gunshot or stab wound, shall not be subject to a subsequent custodial arrest by a law enforcement officer unless a warrant for the sexual assault victim's arrest or the victim's arrest has been issued by a competent court of jurisdiction for the commission of a:\n(1)\nDangerous crime, as that term is defined in § 23-1331(3); or\n(2)\nCrime of violence, as that term is defined in § 23-1331(4).\n\n(b)\nA law enforcement officer who is prohibited from making a custodial arrest under subsection (a) of this section may issue a field arrest form to the sexual assault victim or victim in lieu of making a custodial arrest; provided, that the issuance of a field arrest form does not at that time pose health or safety risks to the sexual assault victim or victim.","path":["Title 23. Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]","Chapter 19. Crime Victims’ Rights.","Subchapter II. Sexual assault victim advocates and sexual assault youth victim advocates; sexual assault victim advocate dispatch system."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/23-1912","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"94661c3a33289dd8a187c79f472d75ba195d364a8f58bcce68debcba43644da0","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-1911","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}