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No to violence against healthcare workers
Caen Normandy University Hospital

No to violence against healthcare workers

The management cannot tolerate any incivility that hinders the work of the professionals who welcome you and take care of you in the best possible conditions within the Caen Normandy University Hospital.

Verbal abuse

Fines of up to €7,500

Physical violence

Up to €45,000 in fines and 3 years imprisonment

Extract from the penal code

Article 222-13

Violence resulting in a work incapacity of eight days or less, or resulting in no work incapacity, is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000 when committed…/…

4° bis – On an agent of a public passenger transport network operator or any other person charged with a public service mission, as well as on a health professional, in the exercise of his duties, when the status of the victim is apparent or known to the perpetrator.

Article 433-3

Threatening to commit a crime or offence against persons or property against a person holding an elected office is punishable by three years imprisonment and a fine of €45,000…/… Threatening to commit a crime or offence against persons or property against an employee of a public passenger transport network operator or any other person entrusted with a public service mission, as well as against a healthcare professional, in the exercise of their duties, when the victim's status is apparent or known to the perpetrator, is punishable by the same penalties.

Article 433-5

Words, gestures or threats, writings or images of any kind not made public or the sending of any objects addressed to a person charged with a public service mission, in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of his mission, and of a nature to undermine his dignity or the respect due to the function with which he is invested, constitute an insult punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros.