Cite as: 21 CNCA § 650.4

A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any assault upon the person of an emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider, upon conviction, is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any battery or assault and battery upon the person of an emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three (3) years, or by a fine not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C. As used in this section, "emergency medical care provider" means doctors, residents, interns, nurses, nurses' aides, emergency medical technicians, laboratory and other medical technicians, and members of a hospital or other medical clinic security force.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 10–13, eff. April 13, 2013. Amended LA 28-20, eff. December 14, 2020.