The California legislature declared with the enactment of SB857 in 1995 that “the response of California’s healthcare system to victims of violence, especially women and children, is inconsistent in terms of both access to services and competent healthcare workers;" the criteria for the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center (originally designated the California Medical Training Center) is set forth in California Penal Code Section 13823.93. While services in some metropolitan areas are excellent, access to trained medical professionals is restricted and unevenly distributed throughout the state. Many rural, mid-sized counties and geographically large urban areas lack health professionals who are properly trained in providing evidentiary examinations, collection, preservation and documentation of evidence and the interpretation of findings. This results is victims being improperly examined and prosecutors lacking critical evidence.