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12-12-602. Report of treatment required.
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12-12-602. Report of treatment required.
(a) All physicians, surgeons, hospitals, druggists, or other persons or entities that render first aid treatment to a person shall report as provided in subsection (b) of this section if they treat or receive in the hospital a case of a:
(1) Knife or gunshot wound when the knife or gunshot wound appears to have been intentionally inflicted; or
(2) Burn wound that could reasonably be connected to criminal activity that is:
(A) A second or third degree burn to five percent (5%) or more of a person's body; or
(B) A burn to a person's upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heated air.
(b) The reporting requirements of this subchapter are satisfied if:
(1) The report is made to the county sheriff;
(2) Within a city of the first class, the report is made to the municipal law enforcement agency; or
(3) The report is made under subdivision (a)(2) of this section to the local fire marshal, fire chief, assistant fire chief, or an officer of the fire department having jurisdiction.
(c) A physician, surgeon, hospital, druggist, or other person or entity required to report under this section that, in good faith, makes a report under this section has immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making of a report under this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-602
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Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:12-12-602
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.12.odt
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12-12-602. Report of treatment required.
(a) All physicians, surgeons, hospitals, druggists, or other persons or entities that render first aid treatment to a person shall report as provided in subsection (b) of this section if they treat or receive in the hospital a case of a:
(1) Knife or gunshot wound when the knife or gunshot wound appears to have been intentionally inflicted; or
(2) Burn wound that could reasonably be connected to criminal activity that is:
(A) A second or third degree burn to five percent (5%) or more of a person's body; or
(B) A burn to a person's upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heated air.
(b) The reporting requirements of this subchapter are satisfied if:
(1) The report is made to the county sheriff;
(2) Within a city of the first class, the report is made to the municipal law enforcement agency; or
(3) The report is made under subdivision (a)(2) of this section to the local fire marshal, fire chief, assistant fire chief, or an officer of the fire department having jurisdiction.
(c) A physician, surgeon, hospital, druggist, or other person or entity required to report under this section that, in good faith, makes a report under this section has immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making of a report under this section.
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