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O.C.G.A. § 17-5-70 — Definitions | Georgia Code
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TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 5. Searches and Seizures, 17-5-1 through 17-5-100.

ARTICLE 4 INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT

17-5-70. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Forensic medical examination" means an examination by a health care provider of a person who is a victim of a sexual assault. Such examination shall include a physical examination, documentation of biological and physical findings, and collection of physical evidence from the victim.
  2. "Investigating law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation of the alleged sexual assault.
  3. "Sexual assault" means rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, statutory rape, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, sexual assault against a person in custody, sexual assault against a person detained in a hospital or other institution, sexual assault by a practitioner of psychotherapy against a patient, incest, bestiality, sexual battery, and aggravated sexual battery as those terms and offenses are set forth and defined in Chapter 6 of Title 16.

(Code 1981, §17-5-70, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 486, § 3/HB 1297.)

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