(a) General rule.--Every person who causes or is involved in an incident in which a human being is injured by any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers or incurs a self-inflicted injury with any firearm or bow and arrow while hunting or taking game, wildlife or furbearers shall render a report to the commission at Harrisburg or deliver the report to any officer of the commission on duplicate forms provided for that purpose. The report shall be delivered within 72 hours after the injury. Each 24-hour period thereafter shall constitute a separate offense. If the person is physically incapable of making the required report, it shall be the duty of the person or persons involved in the incident to designate an agent to file the report within the specified time.
(b) Penalty.--
(1) A violation of this section involving a nonfatal incident is a summary offense of the fifth degree.
(2) A violation of this section involving a fatal incident is a summary offense of the fourth degree.
(Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1442, No.184, eff. 60 days)
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 25 - Protection of Property and Persons
Section 2502 - Chemical test to determine amount of alcohol
Section 2503 - Loaded firearms in vehicles
Section 2504 - Shooting on or across highways
Section 2506 - Prohibitions within burial grounds
Section 2507 - Restrictions on shooting
Section 2508 - Protection of institutions, parks and resorts
Section 2509 - Damage to property
Section 2510 - Littering and restrictions on vehicles
Section 2511 - Damage to trees
Section 2512 - Unlawful acts on commission lands or waters
Section 2521 - Incident reports
Section 2522 - Shooting at or causing injury to human beings
Section 2523 - Rendering assistance after incidents
Section 2524 - Protective material required
Section 2525 - Possession of firearm for protection of self or others