                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PHYSICIANS AND OTHERS RENDERING MEDICAL AID TO REPORT CERTAIN WOUNDS (§
54.1-2967)

Any physician or other person who renders any medical aid or treatment to any
person for any wound which such physician or other person knows or has reason to
believe is a wound inflicted by a weapon specified in § 18.2-308 and which
wound such physician or other person believes or has reason to believe was not
self-inflicted shall as soon as practicable report such fact, including the
wounded person&#8217;s name and address, if known, to the sheriff or chief of
police of the county or city in which treatment is rendered. If such medical aid
or treatment is rendered in a hospital or similar institution, such physician or
other person rendering such medical aid or treatment shall immediately notify
the person in charge of such hospital or similar institution, who shall make
such report forthwith.
		Any physician or other person failing to comply with this section shall be
guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Any person participating in the making of a
report pursuant to this section or participating in a judicial proceeding
resulting therefrom shall be immune from any civil liability in connection
therewith, unless it is proved that such person acted in bad faith or with
malicious intent.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 531, § 54-276.10; 1972, c. 194; 1975, c. 508; 1976, c. 331;
1979, c. 715; 1988, c. 765.