61-8-105. Obedience to peace officers, flag persons, crossing guards, and public safety workers -- definitions.
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61-8-105 . Obedience to peace officers, flag persons, crossing guards, and public safety workers -- definitions. A person may not willfully fail or refuse to comply with a lawful order or direction of a peace officer, flag person, crossing guard, or public safety worker pertaining to the use of the highways by traffic. As used in this section:
(1)"peace officer" has the same meaning as provided in 7-32-303 ; and
(2)"public safety worker" means a person who is authorized to provide assistance at the scene of an incident that requires traffic control and who is either a member of a paid or volunteer fire department, an emergency medical service provider, a member of a search and rescue team, or a civilian accident investigator appointed by a law enforcement agency.