Vermont § 5432 - SANE Board

§ 5432. SANE Board

• (a) The SANE Board is created for the purpose of advising the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
  Program. (b) The SANE Board shall be composed of the following members: (1) the Executive Director of the Vermont State Nurses Association or designee; (2) the President of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems; (3) the Director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory or designee; (4) the Director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence or designee; (5) an attorney with experience prosecuting sexual assault crimes, appointed by the Attorney
  General; (6) the Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services or designee; (7) a law enforcement officer assigned to one of Vermont’s special units of investigation,
  appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety; (8) a law enforcement officer employed by a municipal police department, appointed by
  the Executive Director of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council; (9) three sexual assault nurse examiners, appointed by the Attorney General; (10) a health care provider as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 9402 whose practice includes the care of victims of sexual assault, appointed by the Commissioner
  of Health; (11) a pediatrician whose practice includes the care of victims of sexual assault, appointed
  by the Vermont Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; (12) the Coordinator of the Vermont Victim Assistance Program or designee; (13) the President of the Vermont Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers or designee; (14) the Chair of the Vermont State Board of Nursing or designee; (15) the Commissioner for Children and Families or designee; and (16) the Commissioner of Health or designee. (c) The SANE Board shall advise the SANE Program on the following: (1) statewide program priorities; (2) training and educational requirements; (3) a standardized sexual assault protocol and kit to be used by all physicians and hospitals
  in this State when providing forensic examinations of victims of alleged sexual offenses;
  and (4) statewide policy development related to sexual assault nurse examiner programs. (Added 2015, No. 38, § 12, eff. May 28, 2015; amended 2017, No. 68, § 1.)