O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 15-24-1 (2019)
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As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Protocol committee" or "committee" means a multidisciplinary, multiagency sexual assault committee established for a county pursuant to Code Section 15-24-2. The protocol committee is charged with developing local protocols to investigate and prosecute alleged cases of sexual assault.
(2) "Sexual assault" means rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, incest, sexual battery, and aggravated sexual battery as those terms are defined in Chapter 6 of Title 16.
History
(Code 1981, § 15-24-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 466, § 3.)