Florida Strangulation Legislation
Medical Mandated Reporting
790.24 Report of medical treatment of certain wounds; penalty for failure to report.
Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof and any employee of a hospital, sanitarium, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating any person suffering from a gunshot wound or life-threatening injury indicating an act of violence, or receiving a request for such treatment, shall report the same immediately to the sheriff’s department of the county in which said treatment is administered or request therefor received.