Sexual Assault Examination Kit Reporting Instructions

Ohio Revised Code section 2933.821 requires annual reporting of sexual assault examination kits. The law requires that every medical facility, law enforcement agency and local laboratory that investigates suspected violations of ORC 2933.821 collect and submit data regarding violations of that section to the Attorney General’s Office. To ensure comprehensive and complete accounting of all measurable activity for the previous year, please report any investigation involving suspect violations of ORC 2933.821. Reporting is necessary even for cases eventually turned over to a federal agency, prosecuted under another state or federal statute, and those that did not result in prosecution. Reporting forms can be found on the Ohio Attorney General's Office website at: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/.

This web application meets the mandates that are detailed in section 2933.821 of the bill. It states that the following data must be gathered:

  • The total number of all tested and untested sexual assault examination kits in possession of each governmental evidence-retention entity, and for each untested kit whether the sexual assault was reported to law enforcement or whether the victim chose not to file a report with law enforcement.
  • Medical facilities; the date each untested sexual assault examination kit was reported to law enforcement, if applicable, and the date the kit was delivered to the medical facility.
  • Law enforcement agencies; the date each untested sexual assault examination kit was received from a medical facility, the date the kit was submitted to a crime laboratory, or for any kit not submitted to a crime laboratory, the reason the kit was not submitted.
  • If an untested sexual assault examination kit belongs to another jurisdiction, the date that jurisdiction was notified and the date the kit was retrieved by that jurisdiction, if applicable.

    • Crime laboratories:

  • The date each sexual assault examination kit was received from law enforcement and which agency the kit was received from.
  • The date the kit was tested, if applicable.
  • The date the kit results were entered into the Combined DNA Index System, if applicable, or if a DNA profile has not been created, the reason it was not created.
  • For untested kits, the reason the kit has not been tested.
  • The total number of kits in possession of the entity for more than thirty days.
  • The total number of kits destroyed and the reason for destruction.

    In order to publish the annual report for each year, please report one form for each sexual assault examination kit.

    If you have no cases to report, there is an option in the report to select that you have no cases to report.

    If you have any questions about reporting these data, please contact Sarah Smith at Sarah.Smith@OhioAGO.gov