NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 432
SENATE BILL 296

AN ACT TO CREATE THE CRIME OF IMPERSONATION OF FIREMEN AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. A new section is added to the General Statutes to read:
"§ 14‑276. Impersonation of firemen or emergency medical services personnel. — It is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, for any person, with intent to deceive, to impersonate a fireman or any emergency medical services personnel, whether paid or voluntary, by a false statement, display of insignia, emblem, or other identification on his person or property, or any other act, which indicates a false status of affiliation, membership, or level of training or proficiency, if:
(1)	the impersonation is made with intent to impede the performance of the duties of a fireman or any emergency medical services personnel, or
(2)	any person reasonably relies on the impersonation and as a result suffers injury to person or property.
For purposes of this section, emergency medical services personnel means an ambulance attendant, emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician intermediates, emergency medical technician paramedics, or other member of a rescue squad or other emergency medical organization."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1981.