12 M.R.S. §11223: Aid to injured person and reporting hunting accident
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
- PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
- CHAPTER 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
- SUBCHAPTER 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING
1. Duty. A person who knows or has reason to know that that person has inflicted injury or may have inflicted injury on another person by the use of a firearm or archery equipment shall:
A. Make that person known to the victim;
B. Render first aid and assistance as that person is capable of rendering under the circumstances; and
C. Give notice of the event by the quickest means to a game warden or, in the event that a game warden cannot be contacted, to the law enforcement officer nearest the place where the event occurred.
2. Prohibition.
3. Penalty. A person who fails to aid an injured person or report a hunting accident in accordance with this section commits a Class C crime.
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