(a) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Law shall develop a uniform sexual assault examination kit.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.68.010

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) Under protocols developed under Alaska Stat. § 18.68.020,

(1) the Department of Public Safety shall distribute the kits throughout the state; and
(2) peace officers and health care providers shall use the kits for the gathering of evidence in cases of suspected sexual assault.
(c) The appropriate person under the protocols developed under Alaska Stat. § 18.68.020 shall provide a sexual assault examination kit at no charge.
(d) This section does not prohibit the introduction in court of evidence obtained without the use of a sexual assault examination kit.
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