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35-47-7-5.
Reporting injuries caused by destructive
devices.
35-47-7-7.
Reporting fireworks injuries.
35-47-7-1. Persons required to report
wounds.
Every case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound,
powder burn, or any other injury arising from or
caused by the discharge of a 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, ice pick, or other sharp or pointed instru-
ment, shall be reported at once to the law enforce-
ment authorities of the county, city, or town in
which the person reporting is located by either the
physician attending or treating the case, or by the
manager, superintendent, or other person in charge
if the case is treated in a hospital, clinic, sanitar-
ium, or other facility or institution. Aperson who
violates this section commits a Class A misde-
meanor.
35-47-7-2. Application of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to a wound or other injury received by a member
of the armed forces of the United States or the state
while engaged in the actual performance of duty.
35-47-7-3. Reporting burns.
(a) As used in this section, “burn” includes
chemical burns, flash burns, and thermal burns.
(b) If a person is treated for:
(1) A second or third degree burn to ten
percent (10%) or more of the body;
(2) Any burn to the upper respiratory tract
or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of
superheated air; or
(3) A burn that results in serious bodily
injury;
the physician treating the person, or the hospital
administrator or the hospital administrator’s
designee of the hospital or ambulatory outpatient
surgical center (if the person is treated in a hos-
pital or outpatient surgical center) shall report the
case to the state fire marshal within seventy-two
(72) hours. This report may be made orally or in
writing and shall be considered confidential infor-
mation.
(c) If a person is treated for a second or third
degree burn to less than ten percent (10%) of the
body, the attending physician may report the case
to the state fire marshal under subsection (b).
(d) The state fire marshal shall ascertain the
following when a report is made under this chap-
ter:
(1) Victim’s name, address, and date of
birth.
(2) Address where burn injury occurred.
(3) Date and time of injury.
(4) Degree of burns and percent of body
burned.
(5) Area of body burned.
(6) Injury severity.
(7) Apparent cause of burn injury.
(8) Name and address of reporting facility.
(9) Attending physician.
35-47-7-4. Reporting dog bites.
The:
(1) Physician who treats a person for a
dog bite or an apparent dog bite; or
(2) Administrator or the administrator’s
designee of the hospital or outpatient sur-
gical center if a person is treated in a hos-
pital or an outpatient surgical center for a
dog bite or an apparent dog bite;
shall report the case to the Indiana state department
of health not more than seventy-two (72) hours
after the time the person is treated. The report may
be made orally or in writing.
35-47-7-5. Reporting injuries caused by
destructive devices.
The:
(1) physician who treats a person; or
(2) administrator or the administrator’s
designee of the hospital or outpatient sur-
gical center where a person was treated;
who has reason to believe that the physician or
hospital is treating the person for an injury that was
inflicted while the person was making or using a
destructive device shall report the case to a local
law enforcement agency not more than seventy-
two (72) hours after the person is treated. The
report may be made orally or in writing.
35-47-7-7. Reporting fireworks injuries.
(a) If:
(1) a practitioner (as defined in IC 25-1-9-
2) initially treats a person for an injury
