Section 4-561.04 - Independent expert consultant(a) By December 1, 2014, the OVS shall retain an independent expert consultant.(b) The consultant shall be selected by the Office of Police Complaints, with input from the Victim Assistance Network, subject to final approval by the OVS.(c) The consultant shall be retained for a period of one year, with the option for the OVS to renew that contract for a second year.(d) The consultant selected shall have current and recognized expertise in the areas of law enforcement, advocacy, and medical best practices, policy and procedure development, sexual assault crimes, and the investigation or prosecution of sexual assault.(e) Once retained by OVSJG, the work product, reports, and recommendations of the independent expert consultant shall remain in the exclusive control of the independent expert consultant until the draft version of the independent expert consultant's report is provided to entities for review as described in section 206(a)(2)(A).Amended by D.C. Law 24-341,§ 103, 69 DCR 014698, eff. 4/6/2023.Nov. 20, 2014, D.C. Law 20-139, § 204, 61 DCR 5913; Mar. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-57, § 3(d), 66 DCR 15914.Applicability
Section 9(a) of D.C. Law 23-57 provided that the amendments made to this section shall apply as of October 1, 2020. Therefore those amendments shall be implemented for this section on October 1, 2020.