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Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-12-602. Report of treatment required

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 12. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs § 12-12-602. Report of treatment required - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-12-law-enforcement-emergency-management-and-military-affairs/ar-code-sect-12-12-602/

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