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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-505" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed physician or registered nurse who is primarily responsible for the treatment of an individual for a burn injury described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall as soon as practicable notify the county fire chief or administrator, or designee, or, if neither office exists, the State Fire Marshal or designee. If treatment occurs at a hospital, the treating physician or designee shall be responsible for giving the notice required by this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection apply to a burn injury:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Causing 2nd or 3rd degree burns to 5 percent or more of the patient’s body;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To the upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema caused by inhaling super-heated air;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Which causes death; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Which is likely to cause death.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection do not apply to a sunburn.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notice under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The name and address of the patient, if known;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A description of the burn injury;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The reported cause of the burn injury, if given;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The patient’s prognosis; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any other fact concerning the burn injury which might assist in detecting arson.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an investigation is conducted after notification is given under subsection (a) of this section, the investigating agency shall report its findings on an incident reporting system report and send it to the State Fire Marshal’s office for retention.</text>
  </level>
</section>
