Alabama Kentucky rth Dakota Alaska Kentucky Ohio Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma California (Assault) Maine Oregon California (Battery Maryland Pennsylvania Colorado Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Michigan South Carolina Delaware Minnesota South Dakota District of Columbia Mississippi Tennessee Florida Missouri Texas Georgia Montana Utah Hawaii Nebraska Vermont Idaho Nevada Virginia Illinois (Assault) New Hampshire Washington Illinois (Battery) New Mexico West Virginia Indiana New Jersey Wisconsin Iowa New York Wyoming Kansas rth Carolina
Workplace Violence Penalties and Terminology Database of February 25, 2013 State Penalty Covered Classes Emergency Nurses Covered Alabama Health Care Worker Alaska (+) Medical Professionals as Arizona Health Care Practitioners Arkansas Health Care Professional or other Health Care Provider California (Assault) peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, lifeguard, process server, traffic officer, code enforcement officer, animal control officer, or search and rescue member engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or a physician or nurse engaged in rendering emergency medical care outside a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility (only outside hospital) California (Battery) peace officer, custodial officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, lifeguard, security officer, custody assistant, process server, traffic officer, code enforcement officer, animal control officer, or search and rescue member engaged in the performance of his or her duties, whether on or off duty, including when the peace officer is in a police uniform and is concurrently performing the duties required of him or her as a peace officer while also employed in a private capacity as a parttime or casual private security guard or patrolman, or a nonsworn employee of a probation department engaged in the performance of his or her duties, whether on or off duty, or a physician or nurse engaged in rendering emergency medical care outside a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility (only outside hospital)
Colorado (+) Peace officer, emergency medical service provider, emergency medical care provider, or firefighter (doctor, intern, nurse, nurse's aid, physician's assistant, ambulance attendant or operator, air ambulance pilot, paramedic, or any other member of a hospital or health care facility staff or security force) Connecticut Emergency room physician, nurse, or health care employee Delaware Operator of an ambulance, a rescue squad member, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, paramedic, licensed medical doctor or any other person while such person is rendering emergency care District of Columbia Law Enforcement Officer, Campus or University Special Police, or Fire Department Florida Emergency Medical Care Provider (EMT, RN, or any person authorized by an emergency medical license) Georgia N/A N/A N/A Hawaii Emergency Medical Services Personnel (emergency medical services personnel, physicians, physician's assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, respiratory therapists, laboratory technicians, radiology technicians, and social workers, providing services in the emergency room of a hospital) Idaho emergency medical technician or emergency medical technician-ambulance as certified by the department of health and welfare or state board of medicine Illinois (Assault) Emergency Medical Technician, Ambulance, First Aid Personnel
Illinois (Battery) Emergency Medical Technician, Ambulance, First Aid Personnel, Hospital Personnel, or any Nurse Indiana Public safety official Iowa Health Care Provider Kansas Emergency Medical Services Attendant (first responder, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician-intermediate, emergency medical technician-defibrillator or a mobile intensive care technician) Kentucky Paid or Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Personnel (persons, certified or licensed, and trained to provide emergency medical services) Kentucky occurred in the emergency room of a hospital Louisiana Police Officer, School Teacher, School or Recreation Athletic Contest Official, Correctional Facility Employee, or Bus Operator Maine Emergency medical care provider; this includes hospital personnel assisting in an emergency and emergency medical services persons Maryland Law Enforcement Officer Massachusetts emergency medical technician, an ambulance operator, an ambulance attendant or a health care provider Michigan Emergency Medical Service Personnel Minnesota Physician, Nurse, or other person providing health care services in a hospital emergency department
Mississippi statewide elected official, law enforcement officer, fireman, emergency medical personnel, public health personnel, social worker or family protection specialist or family protection worker employed by the Department of Human Services or another agency, youth detention center personnel, training school juvenile care worker, any county or municipal jail officer, superintendent, principal, teacher or other instructional personnel, school attendance officer, school bus driver, or a judge of a circuit, chancery, county, justice, municipal or youth court or a judge of the Court of Appeals or a justice of the Supreme Court, district attorney, legal assistant to a district attorney, county prosecutor, municipal prosecutor, court reporter employed by a court, court administrator, clerk or deputy clerk of the court, or public defender Missouri / (depends on severity of injuries from assault) "emergency personnel" (any paid or volunteer firefighter, emergency room or trauma center personnel, or emergency medical technician) Montana Peace Officer or Judicial Officer Nebraska Health Care Professional Nevada Provider of Health Care New Hampshire N/A N/A N/A New Mexico / (depends on severity of injuries from assault) "Health Care Worker" (an employee of a health facility or a licensed emergency medical technician) New Jersey Any health care worker employed by a licensed health care facility to provide direct patient care
New York emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department rth Carolina emergency medical technician, medical responder, emergency department nurse, or emergency department physician rth Dakota emergency medical services personnel unit or emergency department worker Ohio health care professional of a hospital, a health care worker of a hospital, or a security officer of a hospital Oklahoma "emergency medical care provider" (doctors, residents, interns, nurses, nurses aides, ambulance attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and members of a hospital security force) Oregon emergency medical service provider Pennsylvania "emergency medical services personnel" (doctors, residents, interns, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse aides, ambulance attendants and operators, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and members of a hospital security force while working within the scope of their employment.) Rhode Island health care provider and/or emergency medical services personnel South Carolina N/A N/A N/A South Dakota law enforcement officer, Department of Corrections employee or person under contract, or other public officer Tennessee (+) Health Care Provider
Texas "Emergency Medical Personnel" (emergency care attendant; emergency medical technicians; emergency medical technicians-intermediate; emergency medical technicians--paramedic; licensed paramedic; or emergency room personnel) Utah (+) Vermont (+) health care provider or emergency medical service worker law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency room personnel, or member of emergency services personnel Virginia (+) Health care provider, who is engaged in the performance of his duties as an emergency health care provider in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or on the premises of any other facility rendering emergency medical care Washington nurse, physician, or health care provider West Virginia government representative or health care worker Wisconsin "emergency medical care provider" (emergency department worker, an emergency medical technician, a first responder or an ambulance driver) Wyoming corrections or detention officer