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1982 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 290
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(17) Section 411 (relating to second degree
murder);
[(18) Section 461 (relating to rape
generally);]
(18) SECTIONS 462 AND 463 (RELATING TO RAPE
IN THE FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE);
(19) Section 486 (relating to robbery
generally);
(20) Section 488 (relating to robbery with a
deadly weapon).
643B.
(a) As used in this section, the term "crime of
violence" means abduction; arson; kidnapping;
manslaughter, except involuntary manslaughter; mayhem;
murder; rape; RAPE IN ANY DEGREE; robbery; sexual offense
[in the first degree; and sexual offense in the second
degree] IN THE FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD DEGREE or an
attempt to commit any of these offences OFFENSES.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
31C of Article 43 - Health, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be
and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:
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Article 43 - Health
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31C.
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Every police officer, sheriff, or deputy sheriff who
receives a report of an alleged rape OR SEXUAL OFFENSE IN
ANY DEGREE shall offer without regard for the place of
alleged rape OR SEXUAL OFFENSE or where it is reported,
the alleged [rape] victim the opportunity to be taken
immediately to the nearest facility designated by the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in cooperation
with the medical and chirurgical faculty of the State of
Maryland and the State's attorney ATTORNEY in the
subdivision where the rape OR SEXUAL OFFENSE IN ANY
DEGREE occurred.
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SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act are applicable only to offenses
committed after the effective date of this Act; and the
repeal or amendment by this Act of crimes and offenses
existing prior to the effective date of this Act does not
preclude the prosecution of persons who, prior to the
effective date of this Act, committed those crimes and
offenses as those crimes and offenses then existed.
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