Prohibición de obstruir instalaciones de salud

Explicación Simple

No puedes bloquear a alguien que quiere entrar o salir de un hospital. También está mal amenazar a quienes están recibiendo o brindando atención médica.

Es como si alguien intentara cerrar la puerta del refrigerador cuando alguien tiene hambre; todos deberían poder acceder a lo que necesitan para estar bien.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en la entrada de una clínica y se pone frente a la puerta impidiendo que otros entren a recibir atención médica. Si alguien lo confronta y Juan lo amenaza, estaría cometiendo una falta según esta ley.

Penalidades

Obstruir instalaciones de salud puede llevar a una falta menor o incluso a un delito mayor si hay reincidencia.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

§ 14-277.4. Obstruction of health care facilities. (a) No person shall obstruct or block another person's access to or egress from a health care facility or from the common areas of the real property upon which the facility is located in a manner that deprives or delays the person from obtaining or providing health care services in the facility. (b) No person shall injure or threaten to injure a person who is or has been: (1) Obtaining health care services; (2) Lawfully aiding another to obtain health care services; or (3) Providing health care services. (c) A violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A second conviction for a violation of either subsection (a) or (b) of this section within three years of the first shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. A third or subsequent conviction for a violation of either subsection (a) or (b) of this section within three years of the second or most recent conviction shall be punishable as a Class I felony. (d) Any person aggrieved under this section may seek injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent threatened or further violations of this section. Any violation of an injunction obtained pursuant to this section constitutes criminal contempt and shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 days and no more than 12 months.