{
 "citation": "14:40.9",
 "heading": "Unlawful disruption of the operation of a healthcare facility",
 "doc_id": "1294837",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1294837",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "2022",
 "last_amended_year": "2025",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "C",
   "text": "Whoever commits the offense of unlawful disruption of the operation of a healthcare facility shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.",
   "los_min": "1Y",
   "los_max": "5Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "14:34.8"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:40.9\n\n\u00a740.9. Unlawful disruption of the operation of a healthcare facility\n\nA. Unlawful disruption of the operation of a healthcare facility is the intentional\ncommunication of information that the commission of a crime of violence is imminent or in\nprogress, or that a circumstance dangerous to human life exists or is about to exist, when\ncommitted under any one or more of the following circumstances:\n\n(1) When the offender's actions cause emergency room personnel, emergency\nservices personnel, or healthcare professionals at a healthcare facility to be in sustained fear\nfor their safety and a reasonable person would have known that his actions could cause\nsustained fear.\n\n(2) When the offender's actions cause the evacuation of a healthcare facility and a\nreasonable person would have known that his actions could cause an evacuation.\n\n(3) When the offender's actions cause any other serious disruption to the operation\nof a healthcare facility and a reasonable person would have known that such actions could\ncause serious disruption to the operation of a healthcare facility.\n\nB. For purposes of this Section:\n\n(1) \"Emergency room personnel\" shall have the same definitions as in R.S. 14:34.8.\n\n(2) \"Emergency services personnel\" shall have the same definitions as in R.S.\n14:34.8.\n\n(3) \"Healthcare facility\" means any hospital, outpatient clinic, ambulatory surgical\ncenter, veterinary clinic, or other setting where healthcare services are provided.\n\n(4) \"Healthcare professional\" shall have the same definitions as in R.S. 14:34.8.\n\nC. Whoever commits the offense of unlawful disruption of the operation of a\nhealthcare facility shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or\nwithout hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.\n\nActs 2022, No. 129, \u00a71; Acts 2025, No. 25, \u00a71."
}