Webinars on Forensic Compliance
Implementing VAWA 2005 Forensic Compliance Mandates within Local Communities

We are hosting a series of free webinars, to provide training and technical assistance on the topic of forensic compliance.

Thank you to those who participated in our most recent webinar, entitled, “Medical Mandated Reporting for Sexual Assault.”  We hope you found the information helpful, and we would like to thank Kim Day and Teresa Scalzo again for sharing their valuable expertise.

All of the handouts from the webinar (including slides from the presentation) are now available here: 

(1) Slides from this PowerPoint presentation
(2) The Voice article:  “Rape and Sexual Assault Reporting Laws” by Teresa Scalzo (2006)
(3) Between the Lines article: “DWI Fatalities:  The HIPAA Hurdle” by Warren Diepraam (2008)
(4) Statement of American Academy of Pediatrics on “Child Abuse, Confidentiality, and HIPAA”
(5) Statement  by Teresa Scalzo before the CA Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee (2008)

The audio recording of this webinar is also available through ReadyTalk.

Additional webinars may be scheduled to address issues such as the following:

• Evidence collection, timelines for storage, statutes of limitation, conditions for storage, mailing procedures following chain of custody, and procedures for destruction
• Payment mechanisms for forensic exams conducted without a report to law enforcement
• Forensic exams conducted with adolescent victims
• Case tracking and evidence for non-reported incidents that convert to a standard report
• Strategies for successful investigation and prosecution of converted cases

Although the specific topics and schedule for these additional webinars have not been finalized, we will provide this information as soon as it is available. Please check back at this section of the website for more information, as we will update it on a regular basis.

This project is supported by Grant No. 2009-TA-AX-K003 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on violence Against Women.