255.40 Reporting of wounds and burn injuries.
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255.40 Reporting of wounds and burn injuries.
(1)In this section:
(a)“Crime” has the meaning specified in s. 949.01
(1).
(b)“Inpatient health care facility” has the meaning specified in s. 50.135
(1).
(a)Any person licensed, certified or registered by the state under ch. 441 , 448 or 455 who treats a patient suffering from any of the following shall report in accordance with par.
(b):
1. A gunshot wound.
2. Any wound other than a gunshot wound if the person has reasonable cause to believe that the wound occurred as a result of a crime.
3. Second-degree or 3rd-degree burns to at least 5 percent of the patient’s body or, due to the inhalation of superheated air, swelling of the patient’s larynx or a burn to the patient’s upper respiratory tract, if the person has reasonable cause to believe that the burn occurred as a result of a crime.
(b)For any mandatory report under par.
(a), the person shall report the patient’s name and the type of wound or burn injury involved as soon as reasonably possible to the local police department or county sheriff’s office for the area where the treatment is rendered.