Victims have the right to request a forensic medical examination under which provision?

• A. They have no right to the examination.
• B. They must undergo the examination automatically.
• C. CCP 56A.251.
• D. They cannot know the process.

Answer: (C)

The test is asking you to pinpoint the statutory source that gives a victim the right to request a forensic medical examination. The provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure explicitly establishes this right, making it the correct choice. It recognizes that a victim can seek a forensic exam to collect and preserve evidence for a potential investigation or prosecution, typically through access to a physician or a sexual assault nurse examiner and related medical documentation.

The other statements contradict how the statute works: there is a right to request the examination, it isn’t something the victim must undergo automatically, and the process is something a victim can learn about and pursue rather than something unknown or impossible to know.