N.Y. PEN Law § 195.16
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 195.16, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Obstructing emergency medical services
Official statutory text
§ 195.16 Obstructing emergency medical services.\n A person is guilty of obstructing emergency medical services when he\nor she intentionally and unreasonably obstructs the efforts of any\nservice, technician, personnel, system or unit specified in section\nthree thousand one of the public health law in the performance of their\nduties.\n Obstructing emergency medical services is a class A misdemeanor.\n
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