Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 641 - Emergency Medical Services › Subchapter 1 - General EMS Programs › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 310:641-1-3 - Impersonation, assault, battery, penalties

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Every person who willfully
				  delays, obstructs or in any way interferes with an emergency medical technician
				  or other emergency medical care provider in the performance of or attempt to
				  perform emergency medical care and treatment or in going to or returning from
				  the scene of a medical emergency, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor
				  punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or
				  by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine
				  and imprisonment
[ Section
				  650.3
				  of Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes].
(b)
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 an emergency medical
				  care provider who is performing medical care duties, upon conviction, is guilty
				  of a felony 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
[ Section
				  650.4
				  of Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes].
(c)
It is unlawful for any person to
				  knowingly discharge, or cause to be discharged, any electrical stun gun, tear
				  gas weapon, mace, tear gas, pepper mace or any similar deleterious agent
				  against another person knowing the other person to be a peace officer,
				  corrections officer, probation or parole officer, firefighter, or an emergency
				  medical technician or paramedic who is acting in the course of official duty.
				  Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, shall be
				  guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
				  of Corrections for a term of not exceeding ten (10) years, or by imprisonment
				  in the county jail for a term of not exceeding one (1) year
[ Section
				  1272.3
				  of Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes].
(d)
Except as provided in subsection
				  B of this section, every person who falsely personates any public officer,
				  civil or military, any firefighter, any law enforcement officer, any emergency
				  medical technician or other emergency medical care provider, or any private
				  individual having special authority by law to perform any act affecting the
				  rights or interests of another, or who assumes, without authority, any uniform
				  or badge by which such officers or persons are usually distinguished, and in
				  such assumed character does any act whereby another person is injured,
				  defrauded, harassed, vexed or annoyed, upon conviction, is guilty of a
				  misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6)
				  months, or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both
				  such fine and imprisonment
[ Section
				  1533
				  of Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes].
Added at 8 Ok Reg
					 3143, eff 7-18-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 1495, eff
					 5-1-92