2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
17-A §512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
1. A person is guilty of failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound if, being a health care practitioner or emergency medical services person, that person treats a human being for a wound apparently caused by the discharge of a firearm and knowingly fails to report the same to a law enforcement agency immediately by the quickest means of communication.
[ 2009, c. 49, 1 (AMD) .]
2. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound is a Class E crime.
[ 1975, c. 499, 1 (NEW) .]
3. As used in this section, "health care practitioner" has the same meaning as in Title 24, section 2502, subsection 1-A, and "emergency medical services person" has the same meaning as in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12.
[ 2009, c. 49, 2 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1975, c. 499, 1 (NEW). 2009, c. 49, 1, 2 (AMD).
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