265.25 - Certain wounds to be reported.

§ 265.25 Certain wounds to be reported.    Every  case of a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn or any other  injury arising from or caused by the discharge of a gun or firearm,  and  every  case  of a wound which is likely to or may result in death and is  actually or apparently inflicted by a knife, icepick or other  sharp  or  pointed  instrument, shall be reported at once to the police authorities  of the city, town or village where the person reporting is  located  by:  (a)  the  physician  attending or treating the case; or (b) the manager,  superintendent or other person in charge, whenever such case is  treated  in  a  hospital,  sanitarium  or other institution. Failure to make such  report is a class A misdemeanor. This subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  such  wounds, burns or injuries received by a member of the armed forces  of the United States or the state of  New  York  while  engaged  in  the  actual performance of duty.