Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 53-10-907 - Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system(1) The department shall develop and implement a statewide tracking system that contains the following information for all sexual assault kits collected by law enforcement: (a) the submission status of sexual assault kits by law enforcement to the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services;(b) notification by the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services to law enforcement of DNA analysis findings; and(c) the storage location of sexual assault kits.(2) The tracking system shall include a secure electronic access that allows the submitting agency, collecting facility, department, and a victim, or his or her designee, to access or receive information, provided that the disclosure does not impede or compromise an active investigation, about the: (a) lab submission status;(b) DNA analysis findings provided to law enforcement; and(c) storage location of a sexual assault kit that was gathered from that victim.Renumbered as §53-10-907 by Chapter 430, 2022 General Session ,§ 23, eff. 5/4/2022.Added by Chapter 249, 2017 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/9/2017.