Kansas § 21-6319 Unlawful failure to report a wound

Kansas Statutes

§ 21-6319 — Unlawful failure to report a wound

Kansas § 21-6319

Ch. 21CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Art. 63CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC SAFETY

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6319 (2026).

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(a)Unlawful failure to report a wound is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the failure by an attending physician or other person to report such person's treatment of any of the following wounds, to the office of the chief of police of the city or the office of the sheriff of the county in which such treatment took place:

(1)Any bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a firearm; or

(2)any wound which is likely to or may result in death and is apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick or other sharp or pointed instrument.

(b)Unlawful failure to report a wound is a class C misdemeanor.

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(a) Unlawful failure to report a wound is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the failure by an attending physician or other person to report such person's treatment of any of the following wounds, to the office of the chief of police of the city or the office of the sheriff of the county in which such treatment took place:
(1) Any bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or other injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a firearm; or
(2) any wound which is likely to or may result in death and is apparently inflicted by a knife, ice pick or other sharp or pointed instrument.
(b) Unlawful failure to report a wound is a class C misdemeanor.