No costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, or other emergency medical facility for the examination of the victim of a sexual assault, as described in the protocol developed pursuant to Section 13823.5, when the examination is performed, pursuant to Sections 13823.5 and 13823.7, for the purposes of gathering evidence for possible prosecution, shall be charged directly or indirectly to the victim of the assault. Those costs shall be treated as local costs and charged to the local governmental agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed. Bills for these costs shall be submitted to the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the alleged offense was committed which requests the examination. The law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the alleged offense was committed which requests the examination has the option of determining whether or not the examination will be performed in the office of a physician and surgeon.
