GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
H 1
HOUSE BILL 560
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Short Title: Assault Emergency Workers/Hospital Personnel. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Dobson, Adcock, and Stevens (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Judiciary III. |
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April 6, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that it is a felony to assault hospital personnel who are discharging or attempting to discharge THEIR OFFICIAL duties.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14‑34.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑34.6.
Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical
responder, and emergency department hospital personnel.
(a) A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits an assault or affray causing physical injury on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:
(1) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.
(2) A medical responder.
(3) The following emergency department hospital
personnel: physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, and licensed nurse
practitioners.
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2011‑356, s. 2, effective December 1, 2011, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
(5) A firefighter.
(b) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class H felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.