Here's an interesting question I haven't seen addressed yet in the coverage of this hunting fiasco:
In Texas, when someone is admitted to the hospital with gunshot wounds, is there any law that requires the hospital to notify the local sheriff's office?
For the answer, look below the fold.
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE
SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER E. REPORTS OF GUNSHOT[0] WOUNDS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
OVERDOSES
§ 161.041. MANDATORY REPORTING OF GUNSHOT[0] WOUNDS.
A physician who attends or treats, or who is requested to attend or treat, a bullet or gunshot[0] wound, or the administrator, superintendent, or other person in charge of a hospital, sanitorium, or other institution in which a bullet or gunshot[0] wound is attended or treated or in which the attention or treatment is requested, shall report the case at once to the law enforcement authority of the municipality or county in which the physician practices or in which the institution is located.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 38, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/...