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MNA
Legislative Agenda
Text of Actual Bill...
The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Five.
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AN ACT RELATIVE TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the
authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 265 of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out in section 13I, as appearing
in the 2000 Official
Edition,
and inserting in place thereof the following section:—
Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or assault and battery on an emergency
medical technician, an ambulance operator, registered nurse, registered nurse
psychologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, or an ambulance attendant,
while said technician, operator, registered nurse, registered nurse psychologist,
physical therapist, occupational therapist or attendant is treating or transporting,
in the line of duty, a person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house
of correction for not less than ninety days nor more than two and one half
years, or by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand
dollars, or both.
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