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163.197. Hazing.
(1) No fraternity, sorority or other student organization
organized or operating on a college or university campus for purposes
of participating in student activities of the college or university,
nor any member of such an organization, shall intentionally 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) Calisthenics;
(b) Total or substantial nudity on the part of the person;
(c) Compelled ingestion of any substance by the person;
(d) Wearing or carrying of any obscene or physically burdensome
article by the person;
(e) Physical assaults upon or offensive physical contact with the
person;
(f) Participation by the person in boxing matches or other physical
contests;
(g) Transportation and abandonment of the person;
(h) Confinement of the person to unreasonably small, unventilated,
insanitary or unlighted areas;
(i) Assignment of pranks to be performed by the person; or
(j) Compelled personal servitude 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 fraternity, sorority or other student organization that violates
this section commits a violation punishable by a fine of not more
than $ 1,000.
(5) A member of a fraternity, sorority or other student organization,
who personally violates this section commits a violation punishable
by a fine of not more than $ 250.
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