Section 5432 - SANE Board(a) The SANE Board is created for the purpose of advising the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program.(b) The SANE Board shall be composed of the following members:(1) the Executive Director of the Vermont State Nurses Association or designee;(2) the President of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems;(3) the Director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory or designee;(4) the Director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence or designee;(5) an attorney with experience prosecuting sexual assault crimes, appointed by the Attorney General;(6) the Executive Director of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services or designee;(7) a law enforcement officer assigned to one of Vermont's special units of investigation, appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety;(8) a law enforcement officer employed by a municipal police department, appointed by the Executive Director of the Vermont Criminal Justice Council;(9) three sexual assault nurse examiners, appointed by the Attorney General;(10) a health care provider as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 9402 whose practice includes the care of victims of sexual assault, appointed by the Commissioner of Health;(11) a pediatrician whose practice includes the care of victims of sexual assault, appointed by the Vermont Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics;(12) the Coordinator of the Vermont Victim Assistance Program or designee;(13) the President of the Vermont Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers or designee;(14) the Chair of the Vermont State Board of Nursing or designee;(15) the Commissioner for Children and Families or designee; and(16) the Commissioner of Health or designee.(c) The SANE Board shall advise the SANE Program on the following: (1) statewide program priorities;(2) training and educational requirements;(3) a standardized sexual assault protocol and kit to be used by all physicians and hospitals in this State when providing forensic examinations of victims of alleged sexual offenses; and(4) statewide policy development related to sexual assault nurse examiner programs.Added 2015 , No. 38, § 12, eff. 5/28/2015; amended 2017 , No. 68, § 1.