<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-18-31 - Intentional exposure to HIV infection a felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047240Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047240SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047240CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047240Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047240DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047240Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2047240Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047240000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047240SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047240SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-31"><span class="s2047240SENU">22-18-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047240SENU">. </span><span class="s2047240CL">Intentional exposure to HIV infection a felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000000"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who, knowing himself or herself to be infected with HIV, intentionally exposes another person to infection by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000001"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Engaging in sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact with another person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000001"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Transferring, donating, or providing blood, tissue, semen, organs, or other potentially infectious body fluids or parts for transfusion, transplantation, insemination, or other administration to another in any manner that presents a significant risk of HIV transmission;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000001"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Dispensing, delivering, exchanging, selling, or in any other way transferring to another person any nonsterile intravenous or intramuscular drug paraphernalia that has been contaminated by himself or herself; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000001"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Throwing, smearing, or otherwise causing blood or semen, to come in contact with another person for the purpose of exposing that person to HIV infection; is guilty of criminal exposure to HIV.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal-000002"><span class="s2047240DefaultParagraphFont">Criminal exposure to HIV is a Class 3 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047240000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047240Normal"><span class="s2047240SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047240SCL-000004"> SL 2000, ch 99, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>