IC 35-47-7
    Chapter 7. Reporting of Wounds Inflicted by Weapons and BurnInjuries

IC 35-47-7-1
Persons required to report wounds
    Sec. 1. Every case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powderburn, or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge ofa firearm, and every case of a wound which is likely to or may resultin death and is actually or apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick, orother sharp or pointed instrument, shall be reported at once to the lawenforcement authorities of the county, city, or town in which theperson reporting is located by either the physician attending ortreating the case, or by the manager, superintendent, or other personin charge if the case is treated in a hospital, clinic, sanitarium, orother facility or institution. A person who violates this sectioncommits a Class A misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32.

IC 35-47-7-2
Application of chapter
    Sec. 2. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a woundor other injury received by a member of the armed forces of theUnited States or the state while engaged in the actual performance ofduty.
As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.32.

IC 35-47-7-3
Burn injury reporting
    Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "burn" includes chemical burns,flash burns, and thermal burns.
    (b) If a person is treated for:
        (1) a second or third degree burn to ten percent (10%) or moreof the body;
        (2) any burn to the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edemadue to the inhalation of superheated air; or
        (3) a burn that results in serious bodily injury;
the physician treating the person, or the hospital administrator or thehospital administrator's designee of the hospital or ambulatoryoutpatient surgical center (if the person is treated in a hospital oroutpatient surgical center), shall report the case to the state firemarshal within seventy-two (72) hours. This report may be madeorally or in writing and shall be considered confidential information.
    (c) If a person is treated for a second or third degree burn to lessthan ten percent (10%) of the body, the attending physician mayreport the case to the state fire marshal under subsection (b).
    (d) The state fire marshal shall ascertain the following when areport is made under this chapter:
        (1) Victim's name, address, and date of birth.
        (2) Address where burn injury occurred.        (3) Date and time of injury.
        (4) Degree of burns and percent of body burned.
        (5) Area of body burned.
        (6) Injury severity.
        (7) Apparent cause of burn injury.
        (8) Name and address of reporting facility.
        (9) Attending physician.
As added by P.L.328-1987, SEC.1.

IC 35-47-7-4
Dog bite injury reporting
    Sec. 4. The:
        (1) physician who treats a person for a dog bite or an apparentdog bite; or
        (2) administrator or the administrator's designee of the hospitalor outpatient surgical center if a person is treated in a hospitalor an outpatient surgical center for a dog bite or an apparent dogbite;
shall report the case to the Indiana state department of health notmore than seventy-two (72) hours after the time the person is treated.The report may be made orally or in writing.
As added by P.L.176-1993, SEC.7.

IC 35-47-7-5
Destructive device injury reporting
    Sec. 5. The:
        (1) physician who treats a person; or
        (2) administrator or the administrator's designee of the hospitalor outpatient surgical center where a person was treated;
who has reason to believe that the physician or hospital is treating aperson for an injury that was inflicted while the person was makingor using a destructive device shall report the case to a local lawenforcement agency not more than seventy-two (72) hours after theperson is treated. The report may be made orally or in writing.
As added by P.L.123-2002, SEC.46.

IC 35-47-7-6
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.187-2006, SEC.18.)

IC 35-47-7-7
Fireworks or pyrotechnics injury reporting
    Sec. 7. (a) If:
        (1) a practitioner (as defined in IC 25-1-9-2) initially treats aperson for an injury and identifies the person's injury asresulting from fireworks or pyrotechnics, the practitioner; or
        (2) a hospital or an outpatient surgical center initially treats aperson for an injury and the administrator of the hospital oroutpatient surgical center identifies the person's injury asresulting from fireworks or pyrotechnics, the administrator or

the administrator's designee;
shall report the case to the state health data center of the statedepartment of health not more than five (5) business days after thetime the person is treated. The report may be made in writing on aform prescribed by the state department of health.
    (b) A person submitting a report under subsection (a) shall makea reasonable attempt to include the following information:
        (1) The name, address, and age of the injured person.
        (2) The date and time of the injury and the location where theinjury occurred.
        (3) If the injured person was less than eighteen (18) years of ageat the time of the injury, whether an adult was present when theinjury occurred.
        (4) Whether the injured person consumed an alcoholic beveragewithin three (3) hours before the occurrence of the injury.
        (5) A description of the firework or pyrotechnic that caused theinjury.
        (6) The nature and extent of the injury.
    (c) A report made under this section is confidential for purposesof IC 5-14-3-4(a)(1).
    (d) The state department of health shall compile the data collectedunder this section and submit a report of the compiled data to thelegislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 not laterthan December 31 of each year.
As added by P.L.187-2006, SEC.17.