§ 15-24-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Protocol committee” or “committee” means a multidisciplinary, multiagency sexual assault committee established for a county pursuant to Code Section 15-24-2. The protocol committee is charged with developing local protocols to investigate and prosecute alleged cases of sexual assault. “Sexual assault” means rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, incest, sexual battery, […]
§ 15-24-2. Establishment of Sexual Assault Protocol and Committee; Representatives to Committee; Annual Meeting, Review, and Reporting
Each judicial circuit shall be required to establish a sexual assault protocol as provided in this Code section. The chief superior court judge of each judicial circuit shall establish a sexual assault protocol committee as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section and shall appoint an interim chairperson who shall preside over the first […]