Pennsylvania Act 1975-65 — INSTRUCTION FOR HANDLING AND TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF RAPE

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INSTRUCTION FOR HANDLING AND TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF RAPE
                  Act of Jul. 30, 1975, P.L. 131, No. 65              Cl. 35
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring certain institutions to provide instruction in the
        handling and treatment of victims of rape and adding certain
        requirements for schools of nursing and candidates for
        licenses as registered nurses.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Hospitals, schools of nursing, medical colleges
     and medical schools shall, as part of the training provided
     therein, provide instruction, so far as consistent with their
     stated moral principles, in the procedure involved in the
     handling and treatment of victims of rape designed to assure
     them that each step involved therein is not only necessary for
     the protection of the victim and others but also that each is
     being taken in such a way as to provide for the victim's
     physical and emotional well-being.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.