TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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

ARTICLE 4 INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT

17-5-72. Right to free forensic medical examination.

A victim shall have the right to have a forensic medical examination regardless of whether the victim participates in the criminal justice system or cooperates with law enforcement in pursuing prosecution of the underlying crime. A victim shall not be required to pay, directly or indirectly, for the cost of a forensic medical examination. The cost of a forensic medical examination shall be paid for by the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund, as provided for in Chapter 15 of this title.

(Code 1981, §17-5-72, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 486, § 3/HB 1297; Ga. L. 2011, p. 214, § 3/HB 503.)

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, substituted "Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund, as provided for in Chapter 15 of this title" for "investigating law enforcement agency" at the end of the last sentence.