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2011 SESSION
HB 1690 Battery; if person commits against emergency health care providers, penalty.
Introduced by: Christopher P. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Battery of emergency health care providers; penalty. Provides that the punishment for battery of a health care provider who is engaged in the performance of his duties as an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility rendering emergency medical care is a Class 1 misdemeanor, including a term of confinement of 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of confinement.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Assault and battery of emergency health care providers; penalty. Provides that the punishment for assault and battery upon a physician, physician's assistant, nurse, or nurse practitioner who is engaged in the performance of his duties as an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility rendering emergency medical care is a Class 1 misdemeanor, including a term of confinement of 15 days in jail, two days of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of confinement.