Code of Alabama - Title 13A: Criminal Code - Section 13A-6-242 - Assault with bodily fluids

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.

(Act 2017-414, §3.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021