Section 650.5 - Aggravated assault and battery or assault with firearm or other dangerous weapon upon medical care provider - PenaltyA. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any aggravated assault and battery or any assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon upon the person of a medical care provider, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine not to exceed 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 or independent contractors working in or for a health care facility.Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 650.5
Amended by Laws 2023 , c. 140, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2023.Amended by Laws 2020 , c. 68, s. 3, eff. 11/1/2020.Added by Laws 1990, HB 1645, c. 320, § 3, emerg. eff. 5/30/1990; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 224, eff. 7/1/1998 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 130, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.