The SANE who conducts the exam is able to testify under which exception?

• A. The officer's testimony
• B. The hearsay exception
• C. The victim's testimony
• D. The defendant's testimony

Answer: (B)

The SANE’s testimony often relies on statements the survivor made during the exam to obtain medical care and evaluate injuries. Those statements are admissible under the hearsay exception for statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment. The medical context lets the court rely on what the survivor told the clinician as part of providing care, so the SANE can testify about those statements and the findings from the exam without running afoul of hearsay rules. The other options don’t provide that medical-diagnosis-or-treatment basis for admissibility, which is why the hearsay exception is the best fit.