§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.
[PL 2009, c. 49, §1 (AMD).]
2. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound is a Class E crime.
[PL 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.
[PL 2009, c. 49, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 49, §§1, 2 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
17-A §501. Disorderly conduct (REPEALED)
17-A §501-A. Disorderly conduct
17-A §502. Failure to disperse
17-A §505. Obstructing public ways
17-A §506. Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device
17-A §506-B. Violation of protective order
17-A §507. Desecration and defacement
17-A §507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground
17-A §507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
17-A §509. False public alarm or report
17-A §510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED)
17-A §511. Violation of privacy
17-A §511-A. Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images
17-A §512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
17-A §513. Maintaining an unprotected well
17-A §514. Abandoning an airtight container