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[Physicians; Reporting Requirements]

SF-POLICE art. 13, pt. [Physicians; Reporting Requirements]
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SF Police Code § 857 PHYSICIANS, ETC., TO REPORT INJURIES BY CRIMINAL MEANS.

SEC. 857. PHYSICIANS, ETC., TO REPORT INJURIES BY CRIMINAL MEANS. It shall be the duty of every physician or surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of any public or private hospital or sanitarium within the City and County of San Francisco whenever any person has become an inmate or patient of or has been brought into such hospital or sanitorium suffering from any wound or other injury by his own act or by the act of another to report immediately to the Chief of Police of said City and County of San Francisco the name of such inmate or patient, and all facts appertaining to such case within the knowledge of such physician or surgeon, superintendent, proprietor or other person in charge of said hospital or sanitarium. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SF Police Code § 858 PHYSICIAN PRACTICING TO REPORT.

SEC. 858. PHYSICIAN PRACTICING TO REPORT. It shall be the duty of every physician or surgeon practicing within the City and County of San Francisco who is not the owner, proprietor, superintendent, or other person in charge of any hospital or sanitarium who has under his charge or care any patient or other person suffering from any wound or injury by his own act or by the act of another to report immediately to the Chief of Police of said City and County of San Francisco, the name of such patient or other person and all facts appertaining to such case within the knowledge of such physician or surgeon. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)

SF Police Code § 859 EXCEPTIONS.

SEC. 859. EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of Section 857 and 858 of this Article shall not apply to any case wherein the person wounded or injured has been brought to the hospital or sanitarium or to the physician or surgeon by any member of the Police Department of the City and County of San Francisco. (Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
Source: City and County of San Francisco, Charter and Municipal Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/san_francisco/latest/sf_police/0-0-0-9809Fetched: 11/1/2026

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