Section 13I Assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, or ambulance attendant - Massachusetts Statutes

[ Text of section effective until July 2, 2010. For text effective July 2, 2010, see below.]

  Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or assault and battery on an emergency medical technician, an ambulance operator, or an ambulance attendant, while said technician, operator 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.

Chapter 265: Section 13I. Assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider

[ Text of section as amended by 2010, 151 effective July 2, 2010. For text effective until July 2, 2010, see above.]

  Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery on an emergency medical technician, an ambulance operator, an ambulance attendant or a health care provider as defined in section 1 of chapter 111, while the technician, operator, attendant or provider is treating or transporting a person in the line of duty, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than 90 days nor more than 2 and one-half years or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or both.