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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 13A-6-242: Assault with Bodily Fluids.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 13A Criminal Code.
  2. Chapter 6 Offenses Involving Danger to the Person.
  3. Article 11 Additional Sexual Offenses.

(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.

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