2005 Idaho Code - 18-917 — HAZING

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 9
                             ASSAULT AND BATTERY
    18-917.  HAZING. (1) No student or member of a fraternity, sorority or
other living or social student group or organization organized or operating on
or near a school or college or university campus, shall intentionally haze or
conspire to haze any member, potential member or person pledged to be a member
of the group or organization, as a condition or precondition of attaining
membership in the group or 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)  The term "hazing," as defined in this section, does not include
customary athletic events or similar contests or competitions, and is limited
to those actions taken and situations created in connection with initiation
into or affiliation with any group or organization. The term "hazing" does not
include corporal punishment administered by officials or employees of public
schools when in accordance with policies adopted by local boards of education.
    (4)  A student or member of a fraternity, sorority or other student
organization, who personally violates any provision of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.