SANE: Patients can choose to press sexual-assault charges uonuriueu rrum page i exam, students do not have to report to police right away, Smith said. Also, students don’t have to press charges to give a report. The program is funded by the state’s Sexual Assault Victims’ Emer gency Medical Response Fund, which will pay for the exam regard less of whether the patient wants to press criminal charges, Smith said. Evidence can be collected for up to 84 hours after an assault, but certain evidence, such as traces ot drugs in urine, will diminish sooner, she said. After an assault, Smith said, stu dents should not urinate, eat, drink, smoke, bathe or brush their teeth. Smith recommends assault victims bring clothing worn during the as sault and a friend for support. Smith has been working to receive certification for two years. During her training, she watched court cas es, rode with Eugene police officers and observed similar exams in the emergency room. Smith said her schedule will be cleared so she can see a sexual as sault survivor as soon as possible but she will only be able to perform the exams during the day. "If it’s the middle of the night and they need to be seen, they should gc to the emergency room,” she said. One in six Oregon women has been raped, and more than 22,00C women in Lane County have experi enced rape, according to a 2003 siuuy uy uie in«uiuu