45-8-110. Obstructing health care facility access.
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45-8-110 . Obstructing health care facility access.
(1)A person commits the offense of obstructing health care facility access if the person knowingly obstructs, hinders, or blocks another person's entry into or exit from a health care facility. Commission of the offense includes but is not limited to knowingly approaching within 8 feet of a person who is entering or leaving a health care facility to give the person written or oral information, to display a sign, or to protest, counsel, or educate about a health issue, when the person does not consent to that activity and is within 36 feet of an entrance to or exit from the health care facility.
(2)A person convicted under this section shall be fined an amount not to exceed $100.
(3)For purposes of this section, "health care facility" means an office of a medical practitioner, as defined in 37-2-101 , or any other facility or entity that is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to administer medical treatment in this state.