§60A-10-9. Persons mandated to report suspected injuries related
to methamphetamine production; failure to report;
penalty.
(a) When any medical, dental or mental health professional,
Christian Science practitioner, religious healer or emergency
medical services personnel has reason to believe that an injury is
the direct result of exposure to the production of methamphetamine
such person shall immediately, and not more than forty-eight hours
after such suspicion arises, report the circumstances or cause a
report to be made to a state, county or local law-enforcement
agency.
(b) Any person required by this section to report a suspected
methamphetamine-related injury who knowingly and intentionally
fails to do so or knowingly and intentionally prevents another
person acting reasonably from doing so shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than ten
days, or both fined and imprisoned.