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3. Trespassing on the facility or the common areas of the real property upon which the facility is located; 4. Telephoning the facility repeatedly, or knowingly permitting any telephone under his or her control to be used for such purpose; or 5. Threatening to inflict injury on the owners, agents, patients, employees, or property of the facility or knowingly permitting any telephone under his or her control to be used for such purpose. B. Penalty: A violation of EMC 10.68.070.A is a gross misdemeanor. A person convicted of violating EMC 10.68.070.A shall be punished as follows 1. For a first offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and a jail term of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours; 2. For a second offense, a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and a jail term of not less than seven consecutive days; and 3. For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and a jail term of not less than thirty consecutive days. C. Definitions. 1. "Health care facility" means a facility that provides health care services directly to patients, including but not limited to, a hospital, clinic, health care provider's office, health maintenance organization, diagnostic or treatment center, neuropsychiatric or mental health facility, hospice, or nursing home. 2. "Health care provider" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 7.70.020 (1) and (2), and also means an officer, director, employee, or agent of a health care facility who sues or testifies regarding matters within the scope of his or her employment. Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any internal references. Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as may be declared invalid. Section 4. The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal or other matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, which may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. 2019 ORDINANCE: Interference with a Health Care 111 Faciliity Page 2 of 3