(May 26, 2023) – Health Care Response to Sexual Violence
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7
Conference Room, Norton County Hospital, Norton, KS
Audience: Hospital, emergency department, health department and clinic personnel, physicians, licensed physician assistants, registered professional nurses, EMS personnel, and KCSDV member program advocates and staff only
Kansas law (K.S.A. 65-448) requires that upon the request of a victim of sexual assault: 1) any physician; 2) a licensed physician assistant who has been specially trained in performing sexual assault evidence collection; or 3) a registered professional nurse who has been specially trained in performing sexual assault evidence collection, on call or on duty at a hospital or other medical care facility as defined by K.S.A. 65-425(h), shall examine persons who may be victims of sexual offenses using the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s sexual assault evidence collection kit for the purposes of gathering evidence of any such crime. While sexual assault nurse examiners are ideal to provide these exams, many hospitals do not have trained SANEs or SANE programs available 24/7. The passing of House Bill 2228 has increased accessibility to sexual assault exams for victims at health clinics, health departments, and Child Advocacy Centers. This free training will provide medical professionals with information about the KBI sexual assault evidence collection kit, sexual assault medical forensic exams, and working with sexual assault patients.
--Karen Braman