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Rationale:
- Most states have laws requiring that medical personnel treating sexual assault patients report the assault to local law enforcement
and obtain authorization to collect and deliver evidence; practitioners must know their own state laws regarding these procedures.
- Patients may decline to discuss the event with police.
- Patients may need to cooperate with police and consent for evidence collection to have the examination paid for by law enforcement.
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Carolyn J. Sachs, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott.
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