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TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 9
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
18-917. HAZING. (1) No member of a fraternity, sorority or
other living
or social student organization organized or operating on or near
a college
or university campus for purposes of participating in student activities
of
the college or university, shall intentionally haze or conspire
to haze any
member, potential member or person pledged to be a member of the
organization, as a condition or precondition of attaining membership
in the
organization or of attaining any office or status therein.
(2) As used in this section, "haze" means to subject
a person to bodily
danger or physical harm or a likelihood of bodily danger or physical
harm,
or to require, encourage, authorize or permit that the person be
subjected
to any of the following:
(a) Total or substantial nudity on the
part of the person;
(b) Compelled ingestion of any substance
by the person;
(c) Wearing or carrying of any obscene
or physically burdensome
article by the person;
(d) Physical assaults upon or offensive
physical contact with the
person;
(e) Participation by the person in boxing
matches, excessive number of
calisthenics, or other physical contests;
(f) Transportation and abandonment of the
person;
(g) Confinement of the person to unreasonably
small, unventilated,
unsanitary or unlighted areas;
(h) Sleep deprivation; or
(i) Assignment of pranks to be performed
by the person.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to curricular
activities or to athletic teams of or within the college or university.
(4) A member of a fraternity, sorority or other student organization,
who
personally violates any provision of this section shall be guilty
of a
misdemeanor.
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