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    New York Medical Mandated Reporting

    New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law – PEN § 265.25 Certain wounds to be reported

    Every case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or any other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a gun or firearm, and every case of a wound which is likely to or may result in death and is actually or apparently inflicted by a knife, icepick or other sharp or pointed instrument, shall be reported at once to the police authorities of the city, town or village where the person reporting is located by:  (a) the physician attending or treating the case;  or (b) the manager, superintendent or other person in charge, whenever such case is treated in a hospital, sanitarium or other institution.  Failure to make such report is a class A misdemeanor.  This subdivision shall not apply to such wounds, burns or injuries received by a member of the armed forces of the United States or the state of New York while engaged in the actual performance of duty.

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