Any juvenile confined in a juvenile detention facility or a juvenile corrections facility established and maintained in accordance with § 26-11A-1 who intentionally throws, smears, spits, or otherwise causes blood, vomit, saliva, mucus, semen, excrement, urine, or human waste to come in contact with a juvenile detention or juvenile corrections facility employee, or visitor, or other person authorized by the juvenile detention or juvenile corrections facility to be on the premises, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 6 felonyup to 2 yearsup to $4,000
For details, see § 22-6-1

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-18-29.1

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1999, ch 118, § 2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 16.