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Florida Statute 790.24 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 790.24 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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790.24 Report of medical treatment of certain wounds; penalty for failure to report.—Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof and any employee of a hospital, sanitarium, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating any person suffering from a gunshot wound or life-threatening injury indicating an act of violence, or receiving a request for such treatment, shall report the same immediately to the sheriff’s department of the county in which said treatment is administered or request therefor received. This section does not affect any requirement that a person has to report abuse pursuant to chapter 39 or chapter 415. Any such person willfully failing to report such treatment or request therefor is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 59-35; s. 755, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 99-235.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 790.24

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§790.24PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESFAIL TO REPORT MEDICAL TREATMENT OF GUNSHOTM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 790.24

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Delprado v. State, 720 So. 2d 1099 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 12445, 1998 WL 689690

gunshot wounds to the Sheriff for investigation. § 790.24, Fla. Stat. (1997).

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