2012 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 28 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
28-929 - Assault on an officer or a health care professional in the first degree; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer or a health care professional in the first degree if:
(a) He or she intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury:
(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;
(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or
(iii) To a health care professional; and
(b) The offense is committed while such officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.
(2) Assault on an officer or a health care professional in the first degree shall be a Class ID felony.
- Laws 1982, LB 465, § 3;
Laws 2005, LB 538, § 1;
Laws 2009, LB63, § 7;
Laws 2010, LB771, § 4;
Laws 2012, LB677, § 1.
- Sex Offender Commitment Act, see section 71-1201.
