§ 11-5-8.1 - Assault with bodily fluid.
SECTION 11-5-8.1
§ 11-5-8.1 Assault with bodily fluid. Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state correctional facilityincluding the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully commitan assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the departmentof corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in theperformance of his or her duty, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5)years, or fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than fivethousand dollars ($5,000), or both.