109:7-1-02 Sexual assault examination payment amount.

A hospital, children’s advocacy center, or other emergency medical facility shall accept a flat fee payment of five hundred dollars as payment in full for any cost incurred in conducting a medical examination and test of a victim of an offense under any provision of sections 2907.02 to 2907.06 of the Revised Code for the purpose of gathering physical evidence for a possible prosecution of a person, including the cost of any antibiotics administered as part of the examination.

The attorney general may increase the payment amount for inflation by a reasonable percentage according to the consumer price index (all urban consumers, all items) prepared by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor.

Effective: 12/11/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/22/2005 and 12/01/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 2907.28

Rule Amplifies: 2907.28

Prior Effective Dates: 8/10/00