SB667 amends New Hampshire law to classify assaults on emergency room personnel as criminal offenses.
SB667 modifies the state's assault laws to include specific penalties for assaults on emergency room personnel. The bill defines "emergency room personnel" as those providing or assisting in medical care in a hospital emergency department, including professionals, clerks, technicians, students, and volunteers. It adds provisions to classify as criminal offenses knowingly causing bodily injury to emergency room personnel and purposely or knowingly engaging in strangulation of such personnel. The changes take effect on January 1, 2027.
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