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Statutes > Missouri > T38 > C578 > 578_350Gunshot wounds--physicians, nurses, therapists, duty to report,content--violation, penalty.
578.350. 1. Any person licensed under chapter 334 or 335,RSMo, who treats a person for a wound inflicted by gunshot shallimmediately report to a local law enforcement official the nameand address of the person, if known, and if unknown, adescription of the person, together with an explanation of thenature of the wound and the circumstances under which thetreatment was rendered.
2. Any person licensed under chapter 334 or 335, RSMo, whoknowingly fails to report the injuries described in this sectionis guilty of the offense of medical deception.
3. Medical deception is an infraction.
(L. 1985 S.B. 54 § 1)
