(a) Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of the same and any employee or agent of a hospital, mental health facility, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating a person suffering from a gunshot wound, or receiving a request for treatment, shall report the injury to a law enforcement officer. A report to either the applicable county sheriff or applicable municipal law enforcement officer shall satisfy any and all reporting requirements imposed by this section. A report shall be made as soon as possible, but no later than the time of the victim's release from that facility. No report is necessary if law enforcement is present.
(b) Any person or persons who, in good faith, makes a report or causes a report to be made to the appropriate law enforcement authority pursuant to subsection (a) or participates in any judicial proceeding or any other proceeding resulting from the report shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 22-21-1 - Establishment of Hospitals by Local Authorities.
Section 22-21-2 - Appropriations for Indigent Persons in Hospitals.
Section 22-21-3 - Scholarships for Professional and Technical Personnel at Public Hospitals.
Section 22-21-4 - Annual Audit of Books and Records of Publicly Owned Medical Institutions.
Section 22-21-5 - Incorporation of Public Bodies Created Under Chapter; Powers of Same.
Section 22-21-8 - Confidentiality of Accreditation, Quality Assurance Credentialling Materials, Etc.
Section 22-21-9 - Name Tags, etc., Required for Nurses.
Section 22-21-11 - Mandatory Reporting of Any Injury Resulting From Gunshot; Liability.