Sec. 23-10.1. Impeding access to health care facilities.
A. It is unlawful for any person, in the course of demonstration activity within the access area of a health care facility, to fail to withdraw upon a clearly communicated request to do so to a distance of at least eight feet away from any person who has made the request.
B. For purposes of this section:
1. Access area means any portion of a public street or other public place or any place open to the public within one hundred feet of an exterior wall or entryway of a health care facility.
2. Demonstration activity includes but is not limited to protesting, picketing, distributing literature, attempting to impede access, or engaging in oral protest, education or counseling activities.
3. Health care facility means any hospital, clinic, office, building or other place used to provide medical, psychological, nursing or other health care services, including family planning counseling and pregnancy-related services.
C. For purposes of this section, distance shall be measured from that part of the closest demonstrator’s body that is nearest to the closest part of the requesting person’s body. The term "body" includes any natural or artificial extension of a person’s body including but not limited to an outstretched arm or a hand-held sign. (Ord. No. G-3705, § 1)
State law reference—Obstructing highway or public thoroughfare, A.R.S. § 13-2906; authority to prohibit obstructions to places of public passage, A.R.S. §§ 9-499.01, 9-240(B)(15), 9-276(A)(2).