South Australian Consolidated Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1977 - SECT 27B

27B—Obligations of medical practitioners etc relating to wounds inflicted by firearm

        (1)         If a medical practitioner, or other person prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, has reasonable cause to suspect in relation to a person whom he or she has seen in his or her professional capacity that the person is suffering from a wound inflicted by a firearm, the medical practitioner, or other prescribed person, must make a report to the Registrar under this section.

        (2)         A report under this section—

            (a)         must be made as soon as practicable after the suspicion is formed; and

            (b)         must include—

                  (i)         the name and address of the person the subject of the suspicion or, if the name and address are not known, a description of the person; and

                  (ii)         details of the wound; and

                  (iii)         any information provided to the practitioner or other person about the circumstances leading to the infliction of the wound.

        (3)         If a medical practitioner, or other person prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, treats a person for a wound that the practitioner or person has reasonable cause to suspect was inflicted by a firearm, the practitioner or person must take reasonable steps to retain any ammunition or fragment of ammunition recovered from the wound until it can be collected by a police officer.

        (4)         A person incurs no civil or criminal liability in taking action in good faith in compliance, or purported compliance, with this section.