Alabama § 22-21-11 Mandatory Reporting of Any Injury Resulting from Gunshot; Liability

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-21-11 — Mandatory Reporting of Any Injury Resulting from Gunshot; Liability

Alabama § 22-21-11

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 21Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally

Art. 1General Provisions

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Ala. Code § 22-21-11 (2026).

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(a)Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of the same and any employee or agent of a hospital, mental health facility, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating a person suffering from a gunshot wound, or receiving a request for treatment, shall report the injury to a law enforcement officer. A report to either the applicable county sheriff or applicable municipal law enforcement officer shall satisfy any and all reporting requirements imposed by this section. A report shall be made as soon as possible, but no later than the time of the victim’s release from that facility. No report is necessary if law enforcement is present.

(b)Any person or persons who, in good faith, makes a report or causes a report to be made to the appropriate law enforcement authority pursuant to subs

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(a) Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of the same and any employee or agent of a hospital, mental health facility, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating a person suffering from a gunshot wound, or receiving a request for treatment, shall report the injury to a law enforcement officer. A report to either the applicable county sheriff or applicable municipal law enforcement officer shall satisfy any and all reporting requirements imposed by this section. A report shall be made as soon as possible, but no later than the time of the victim’s release from that facility. No report is necessary if law enforcement is present.
(b) Any person or persons who, in good faith, makes a report or causes a report to be made to the appropriate law enforcement authority pursuant to subsection (a) or participates in any judicial proceeding or any other proceeding resulting from the report shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability.