Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-650.4
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Assault and battery upon emergency medical care
Official statutory text
provider.
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and
with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon the person of a medical care provider who
is performing medical care duties, upon conviction, is guilty of a
Class B6 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of
the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding two (2)
years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section, "medical care provider" means
doctors, residents, interns, nurses, nurses' aides, ambulance
attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical technicians,
laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical
therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers,
pharmacists, nursing students, medical students, members of a
hospital security force, and any other employees working in or for a
health care facility or independent contractors in one of the listed
categories.
A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and
with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery or
assault and battery upon the person of a medical care provider who
is performing medical care duties, upon conviction, is guilty of a
Class B6 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of
the Department of Corrections for a term not exceeding two (2)
years, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section, "medical care provider" means
doctors, residents, interns, nurses, nurses' aides, ambulance
attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical technicians,
laboratory technicians, radiologic technologists, physical
therapists, physician assistants, chaplains, volunteers,
pharmacists, nursing students, medical students, members of a
hospital security force, and any other employees working in or for a
health care facility or independent contractors in one of the listed
categories.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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