{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-11.6-1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-11.6:1","heading":"Telehealth sexual assault forensic examinations; admissibility of physical evidence recovery kit","body":"A. A health care provider may conduct a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination for a victim of sexual assault if a sexual assault forensic examiner is not readily available to conduct an in-person forensic medical examination for the collection of a physical evidence recovery kit.B. A physical evidence recovery kit collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination shall not be determined to be inadmissible solely because the physical evidence recovery kit was collected during a telehealth sexual assault forensic examination and not directly by a sexual assault forensic examiner, provided that such physical evidence recovery kit is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence.2025, cc. 529, 538.","path":["Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure","Chapter 1.2. Physical Evidence Recovery Kits and Trace Evidence Collection Kits"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-11.6:1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"18083281a6f1eea064209d3cf6dc0af59361039ff86b3e1e91eb5e1487d9b177","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-11.6","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-11.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}