For the purposes of this act: 1. "Law enforcement officer" means any sheriff, police officer, peace officer, tribal law enforcement officer, federal law enforcement officer, campus police officer or any other law enforcement officer who has been certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) and whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace or any other first responder; 2. "Sexual assault forensic evidence" means any human biological specimen collected by a medical provider during a forensic medical examination from an alleged sexual assault victim including, when circumstances indicate the need, a toxicology kit; 3. "Sexual assault victim" or "victim" means any person who is a victim of a sexual assault as defined under Section 142.20 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If the victim is incompetent, the term shall include the parent, guardian, spouse or any other person related to the incompetent victim by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the incompetent victim; and 4. "Sexual assault victims' advocate" means any person who serves as a victims' advocate for a state-certified or tribal sexual assault or sex trafficking program or an advocate working in a center that offers sexual assault services to minors who has received formalized training through a government or tribal agency in providing trauma-informed direct services to victims of sexual assault.
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