Nevada Strangulation Legislation
Medical Mandated Reporting
NRS 629.041 Provider of health care to report persons having injuries apparently inflicted by knife or firearm in nonaccidental circumstances.
Every provider of health care to whom any person comes or is brought for treatment of an injury that appears to have been inflicted by means of a firearm or knife, not under accidental circumstances, shall promptly report the person’s name, if known, his or her location and the character and extent of the injury to an appropriate law enforcement agency.
Credits. Added by Laws 1977, p. 239.