Florida Statute 790.24 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS

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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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 790.24

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S790.24 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - FAIL TO REPORT MEDICAL TREATMENT OF GUNSHOT - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 790.24

Total Results: 1

Delprado v. State

720 So. 2d 1099, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 12445, 1998 WL 689690

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 7, 1998 | Docket: 64784364

Published

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

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