CHAPTER 470
H.P. 453 - L.D. 616
An Act to Provide Protection from Assault for Emergency Medical Care Providers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §752-C is enacted to read:
§752-C. Assault on an emergency medical care provider
1. A person is guilty of assault on an emergency medical care provider if that person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to an emergency medical care provider while the emergency medical care provider is providing emergency medical care.
2. As used in this section, "emergency medical care provider" includes hospital personnel assisting in an emergency and emergency medical services persons, defined in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12.
3. Assault on an emergency medical care provider is a Class C crime.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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