[AGL] Hospitals and Texas Legal Code

[Forrest Gunter]

the good news is that the shooting of his friend was only the third-worst 
thing for the veep last week
                                 Sigh...Chuckles


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>I have been trying to find where in the Texas Legal Code there is some 
>description of the legal responsibility for a hospital to report a "bullet 
>wound" to the local law enforcement agency.  Had no luck at all.  Reason 
>for this is obvious:  did the local hospital treating Whittington NOT 
>exercise a legal requirement to report his shooting because there was 
>"pressure" not to do so by Cheney, Rove or the Secret Service.
>
>Someone with a lawyer friend or legal associate might know whether this is 
>"required" in Texas, especially in ER situations.
>
>wayneJ

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