RESOLVED, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports increasing clinical awareness of suspected incidences of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse or other means of domestic violence; and be it further

Resolved, That the North Carolina Medical Society supports mandatory reporting of

1. Suspicion of abuse or neglect of a juvenile.
2. Every case of bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn, or any other injury arising from or caused by, or appearing to arise from or be caused by, the discharge of a gun or firearm.
3. Every case of illness caused by poisoning if it appears to the physician that a criminal act was involved.
4. Every case of a wound, injury caused or apparently caused by a knife or sharp or pointed instrument if it appears to the physician that a criminal act was involved.
5. Every case of a wound or injury or illness in which there is grave bodily harm or grave illness if it appears to the physician that it resulted from a criminal act of violence.