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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-701" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Injury Reports">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Allegany County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Anne Arundel County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Charles County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Harford County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Kent County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Montgomery County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Prince George’s County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Somerset County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Talbot County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Wicomico County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A physician, pharmacist, dentist, or nurse who treats an individual for an injury that was caused or shows evidence of having been caused by an automobile accident or a lethal weapon, or the individual in charge of a hospital that treats the injured individual, shall notify the county sheriff, the county police, or the Department of State Police of the injury as soon as practicable.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A report of injury shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The injured individual’s name and address, if known;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A description of the injury; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other facts concerning the matter that might assist in detecting crime.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An individual who fails to make a report required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.</text>
  </level>
</section>
