As Amended
SEC. 97-27-14. Contagious diseases; causing exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly expose another person to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Prior knowledge and willing consent to the exposure is a defense to the crime set forth herein.
(2) For a violation of this section where no cure is available for such disease such violation shall be a felony and, upon conviction, a violator shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years and a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
(3) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other provisions of law for which the actions described in this section may be prosecuted.
SOURCES: Laws, 2004, ch. 468, § 1, HB 1298, eff from and after July 1, 2004.