Section 18-1506A - RITUALIZED ABUSE OF A CHILD - EXCLUSIONS - PENALTIES - DEFINITION(1) A person is guilty of a felony when he commits any of the following acts with, upon, or in the presence of a child as part of a ceremony, rite or any similar observance: (a) Actually or in simulation, tortures, mutilates or sacrifices any warm-blooded animal or human being;(b) Forces ingestion, injection or other application of any narcotic, drug, hallucinogen or anaesthetic for the purpose of dulling sensitivity, cognition, recollection of, or resistance to any criminal activity;(c) Forces ingestion, or external application, of human or animal urine, feces, flesh, blood, bones, body secretions, nonprescribed drugs or chemical compounds;(d) Involves the child in a mock, unauthorized or unlawful marriage ceremony with another person or representation of any force or deity, followed by sexual contact with the child;(e) Places a living child into a coffin or open grave containing a human corpse or remains;(f) Threatens death or serious harm to a child, his parents, family, pets or friends which instills a well-founded fear in the child that the threat will be carried out; or(g) Unlawfully dissects, mutilates, or incinerates a human corpse.(2) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to:(a) Lawful agricultural, animal husbandry, food preparation or wild game hunting and fishing practices and specifically the branding or identification of livestock;(b) The lawful medical practice of circumcision or any ceremony related thereto; or(c) Any state or federally approved, licensed or funded research project.(3) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than life.(4) For the purposes of this section, "child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age.[18-1506A, added 1990, ch. 210, sec. 1, p. 467; am. 2006, ch. 178, sec. 4, p. 546.]