Persons required to report wounds
Sec. 1. Every case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder
burn, or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of
a firearm, and every case of a wound which is likely to or may result
in death and is actually or apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick, or
other sharp or pointed instrument, shall be reported at once to the law
enforcement authorities of the county, city, or town in which the
person reporting is located by either the physician attending or
treating the case, or by the manager, superintendent, or other person
in charge if the case is treated in a hospital, clinic, sanitarium, or
other facility or institution. A person who violates this section
commits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32.
Last modified: May 24, 2006