147.111  Report of treatment of wounds and other injuries.
  1.   A person licensed under the provisions of this subtitle who administers any treatment to any person suffering a gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, or a motor vehicle accident or crash, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any nature because of any such gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, shall at once but not later than twelve hours thereafter, report that fact to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or an application for treatment was made, or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury occurred, stating the name of such person, the person’s residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury. 
  2.  A person certified under the provisions of chapter 147A who administers any treatment to any person suffering a gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, or a motor vehicle accident or crash, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any nature because of any such gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, may report that fact to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or application for treatment was made, or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury occurred, stating the name of the person, the person’s residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury.
  3.  Any provision of law or rule of evidence relating to a confidential communication is suspended for communications under this section.
[C31, 35, §2537-d1; C39, §2537.7; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.111]
93 Acts, ch 100, §2
; 94 Acts, ch 1132, §31
; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §30
; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §28
; 99 Acts, ch 114, §8
; 2010 Acts, ch 1127, §1