Arkansas · Arkansas Code of 1987 — full code (public domain; via Open US Law, CC BY 4.0)

Ark. Code § 12-12-602: Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-602

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Healthcare providers and others treating certain intentional knife/gunshot wounds or serious burns must report them to law enforcement or fire officials. Good-faith reporters have immunity from civil and criminal liability.

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