2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 508 - ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES
508.025 Assault in the third degree.
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<![CDATA[508.025 Assault in the third degree.
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A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when the actor:
(a) Recklessly, with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or
intentionally causes or attempts to cause physical injury to:
1.
A state, county, city, or federal peace officer;
2.
An employee of a detention facility, or state residential treatment
facility or state staff secure facility for residential treatment which
provides for the care, treatment, or detention of a juvenile charged
with or adjudicated delinquent because of a public offense or as a
youthful offender;
3.
An employee of the Department for Community Based Services
employed as a social worker to provide direct client services, if the
event occurs while the worker is performing job-related duties;
4.
Paid or volunteer emergency medical services personnel certified or
licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 311A, if the event occurs while
personnel are performing job-related duties;
5.
A paid or volunteer member of an organized fire department, if the
event occurs while the member is performing job-related duties;
6.
Paid or volunteer rescue squad personnel affiliated with the Division
of Emergency Management of the Department of Military Affairs or a
local disaster and emergency services organization pursuant to KRS
Chapter 39F, if the event occurs while personnel are performing
job-related duties;
7.
A probation and parole officer;
8.
A transportation officer appointed by a county fiscal court or
legislative body of a consolidated local government, urban-county
government, or charter government to transport inmates when the
county jail or county correctional facility is closed while the
transportation officer is performing job-related duties;
9.
A public or private elementary or secondary school or school district
classified or certified employee, school bus driver, or other school
employee acting in the course and scope of the employee's
employment; or
10. A public or private elementary or secondary school or school district
volunteer acting in the course and scope of that person's volunteer
service for the school or school district; or
(b) Being a person confined in a detention facility, or state residential
treatment facility or state staff secure facility for residential treatment
which provides for the care, treatment, or detention of a juvenile charged
with or adjudicated delinquent because of a public offense or as a
youthful offender, inflicts physical injury upon or throws or causes feces,
or urine, or other bodily fluid to be thrown upon an employee of the
facility.
Assault in the third degree is a Class D felony.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 128, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002; and ch. 360,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 56,
effective July 14, 2000; ch. 193, sec. 17, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 345,
sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 345, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 397, sec. 1, effective July
15, 1994. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 380, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 128,
sec. 1, which included an amendment to this statute, provides that the Act shall
be known as the "Brenda D. Cowan Act."
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