2020 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI - Crimes
Chapter 784 - Assault; Battery; Culpable Negligence
784.085 - Battery of Child by Throwing, Tossing, Projecting, or Expelling Certain Fluids or Materials.

Universal Citation:
FL Stat § 784.085 (2020)
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784.085 Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person, except a child as defined in this section, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, or urine or feces by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling such fluid or material.

(2) Any person, except a child as defined in this section, who violates this section commits battery of a child, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) As used in this section, the term “child” means a person under 18 years of age.

History.—s. 85, ch. 2000-139.

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