Ala. Code § 13A-6-242

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.
Section 13A-6-242 - Assault with bodily fluids
(a) A person commits the crime of assault with bodily fluids if he or she knowingly causes or attempts to cause another person to come into contact with a bodily fluid unless the other person consented to the contact or the contact was necessary to provide medical care.
(b) For purposes of this section, a bodily fluid is blood, saliva, seminal fluid, mucous fluid, urine, or feces.
(c) Assault with bodily fluids is a Class A misdemeanor; provided, however, a violation of this section is a Class C felony if the person commits the crime of assault with bodily fluids knowing that he or she has a communicable disease.

Ala. Code § 13A-6-242 (1975)

Added by Act 2017-414,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.