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      21-4213.   Unlawful failure to report a wound. (1) Unlawful failure to report a wound is the failure by an attending physician or other person to report his treatment of any wound, described in subsections (a) and (b) hereafter, to the office of the chief of police of the city or the office of the sheriff of the county in which such treatment took place:

      (a)   Any bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a firearm; or

      (b)   Any wound which is likely to or may result in death and is apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick, or other sharp or pointed instrument.

      (2)   Unlawful failure to report a wound is a class C misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4213; July 1, 1970.