14-34.6. Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical responder, and hospital personnel.
(a) A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits an assault or affray causing physical injury on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:
(1) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.
(2) A medical responder.
(3) Hospital personnel and licensed healthcare providers who are providing or attempting to provide health care services to a patient.
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2011-356, s. 2, effective December 1, 2011, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
(5) A firefighter.
(6) Hospital security personnel.
(b) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class G felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class E felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm. (1995, c. 507, s. 19.6(a); 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 20.14B(b); 1997-9, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.129A; 1998-217, s. 1; 2011-356, s. 2; 2015-97, s. 1; 2017-57, s. 16B.3(a); 2019-228, s. 1(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
§ 14-28 - Malicious castration.
§ 14-28.1 - Female genital mutilation of a child.
§ 14-29 - Castration or other maiming without malice aforethought.
§ 14-30.1 - Malicious throwing of corrosive acid or alkali.
§ 14-31 - Maliciously assaulting in a secret manner.
§ 14-32.1 - Assaults on individuals with a disability; punishments.
§ 14-32.2 - Patient abuse and neglect; punishments; definitions.
§ 14-32.3 - Domestic abuse, neglect, and exploitation of disabled or elder adults.
§ 14-32.4 - Assault inflicting serious bodily injury; strangulation; penalties.
§ 14-33 - Misdemeanor assaults, batteries, and affrays, simple and aggravated; punishments.
§ 14-33.1 - Evidence of former threats upon plea of self-defense.
§ 14-33.2 - Habitual misdemeanor assault.
§ 14-34 - Assaulting by pointing gun.
§ 14-34.1 - Discharging certain barreled weapons or a firearm into occupied property.
§ 14-34.3 - Manufacture, sale, purchase, or possession of teflon-coated types of bullets prohibited.
§ 14-34.8 - Criminal use of laser device.
§ 14-34.9 - Discharging a firearm from within an enclosure.
§ 14-34.10 - Discharge firearm within enclosure to incite fear.