13-3806. Duty of physician or attendant upon
treating certain wounds; classification
A. A physician, surgeon, nurse or hospital attendant called upon to treat any
person for gunshot wounds, knife wounds or other material injury which may have resulted
from a fight, brawl, robbery or other illegal or unlawful act, shall immediately notify
the chief of police or the city marshal, if in an incorporated city or town, or the
sheriff, or the nearest police officer, of the circumstances, together with the name and
description of the patient, the character of the wound and other facts which may be of
assistance to the police authorities in the event the condition of the patient may be due
to any illegal transaction or circumstances.
B. Any violation of the provisions of this section by a physician, surgeon, nurse
or hospital attendant, is a class 3 misdemeanor.
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