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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:623
citation: "R.S. 15:623"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 6-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2015, number: 229, section: 2, effective_date: 2015-06-23, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2023, number: 193, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Submission of sexual assault collection kits

A. Within thirty days of receiving a sexual assault collection kit for a reported case, the criminal justice agency shall submit the sexual assault collection kit to a forensic laboratory for testing.

B. If a prosecuting agency makes an official request for analysis of a sexual assault collection kit, the criminal justice agency shall submit the sexual assault collection kit to a forensic laboratory within thirty days of receiving the request from the prosecuting agency.