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§ 42-26 — Report of injuries to chief of police

Denver Revised Municipal Code (Supp. No. 147, Update 3: codified through Ordinance No. 0852-26, enacted July 13, 2026) · Denver Revised Municipal Code § 42-26

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Sec. 42-26. - Report of injuries to chief of police.

(a) Hospitals. It shall be the duty of every physician, surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of any public or private hospital or sanitarium within the city, whenever any person has become an inmate or patient of or has been brought into such hospital or sanitarium suffering from any wound or other injury inflicted or caused by an act of the person or by the act of another, to report forthwith to the chief of police, the name of such inmate or patient, and all facts appertaining to such case, within the knowledge of such physician, surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of the hospital or sanitarium. (b) Physicians. It shall be the duty of every physician or surgeon practicing within the city, other than and in addition to those mentioned in subsection (a), who attends or has under their charge or care any patient or other person suffering from any wound or injury or caused by an act of the person, or by the act of another, to report forthwith to the chief of police the name of such patient or other person and all facts appertaining to such case within the knowledge of such physician or surgeon. (c) Not to apply to police cases. The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to any case where the person wounded or injured has been brought to the hospital or sanitarium, or to the physician or surgeon, by any member of the classified member of the police department. (d) Reports forwarded to city attorney. It shall be the duty of the chief of police, upon receipt of the reports provided for in this section, to immediately forward the reports to the city attorney for further investigation.

(Code 1950, §§ 211.8—211.11)