P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 458m
Any person, including health professionals, who treats a bullet wound or a burn produced by gunpowder, as well as any other wound caused by the firing of any firearm, whether in, or outside of a hospital, clinic, sanitarium or other similar institution, shall notify said case immediately to the police district or precinct in whose jurisdiction the service has been provided. In the event it is in a hospital or similar institution, the person shall notify the case to the administrator or person in charge of the institution, to notify the authorities. Failure to notify the rendering of this service shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the person shall be punished with a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000).
The Superintendent shall investigate every report of treatments, and shall proceed to file criminal charges if justified, and shall keep a detailed register of the results thereof, in order to keep a statistical record of the reports of medical treatments.
History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 4.14, renumbered as § 5.14 on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 18.