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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed by an "aye" and "nay" vote sup-
ported by three-fifths of the membership elected of each
house of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1941.

CHAPTER 205.

(Senate Bill 386)

AN ACT to add a new4 section to Article 27 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Crimes
and Punishments", to be under subtitle "Injuries—Re-
ports of, " said new section to be known as Section 384A
and to follow immediately after Section 384 of said
Article, requiring physicians, pharmacists, dentists, hos-
pitals and nurses to report injuries arising from auto-
mobile accidents or deadly weapons and providing penal-
ties for failure so to do, and to repeal Section 275 of
Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mont-
gomery County (1939 Edition).

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", to be under sub-
title "Injuries—Report of, " said new section to be known
as Section 384A, to follow immediately after Section 384
of said Article, and to read as follows:

384A. Whenever any physician, pharmacist, dentist,
hospital or nurse treats any person for any injury which
was caused by or shows evidence of having been caused by
an automobile accident or by a lethal weapon he or she, or
in the case of a hospital, the individual then in charge
thereof, shall, as soon as practicable, notify either the
Sheriff of the County, the County Police or the State Police
of such fact, giving such person's name and address,
if known, a description of the injury, and any other facts
concerning the affair which might assist in the detection
of crime. Any such person failing so to report shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable in any court of
competent criminal jurisdiction by a fine not exceeding