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Sexual battery; Seriously disabled or medically incapacitated victims<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">(a)\u2002Any person who touches an intimate part of another person while that person is unlawfully restrained by the accused or an accomplice, and if the touching is against the will of the person touched and is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery. \u2002A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); \u2009or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002Any person who touches an intimate part of another person who is institutionalized for medical treatment and who is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and if the touching is for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of sexual battery. \u2002A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); \u2009or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(c)\u2002Any person who touches an intimate part of another person for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, and the victim is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act because the perpetrator fraudulently represented that the touching served a professional purpose, is guilty of sexual battery. \u2002A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); \u2009or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(d)<\/span>\u2002Any person who, for the purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, causes another, against that person&#8217;s will while that person is unlawfully restrained either by the accused or an accomplice, or is institutionalized for medical treatment and is seriously disabled or medically incapacitated, to masturbate or touch an intimate part of either of those persons or a third person, is guilty of sexual battery. \u2002A violation of this subdivision is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000); \u2009or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, and by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(e)<\/span>(1)\u2002Any person who touches an intimate part of another person, if the touching is against the will of the person touched, and is for the specific purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification, or sexual abuse, is guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery, punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. \u2002However, if the defendant was an employer and the victim was an employee of the defendant, the misdemeanor sexual battery shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars ($3,000), by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. \u2002Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amount of a fine above two thousand dollars ($2,000) which is collected from a defendant for a violation of this subdivision shall be transmitted to the State Treasury and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, distributed to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing for the purpose of enforcement of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Part 2.8 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 12900) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code\u00a0<\/span>), including, but not limited to, laws that proscribe sexual harassment in places of employment. \u2002However, in no event shall an amount over two thousand dollars ($2,000) be transmitted to the State Treasury until all fines, including any restitution fines that may have been imposed upon the defendant, have been paid in full.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002As used in this subdivision, \u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">touches<\/span>\u201d means physical contact with another person, whether accomplished directly, through the clothing of the person committing the offense, or through the clothing of the victim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(f)<\/span>\u2002As used in subdivisions (a), (b), (c),\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">and (d),<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">touches<\/span>\u201d means physical contact with the skin of another person whether accomplished directly or through the clothing of the person committing the offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(g)<\/span>\u2002As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(1)\u2002\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Intimate part<\/span>\u201d means the sexual organ, anus, groin, or buttocks of any person, and the breast of a female.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(2)\u2002\u201cSexual battery\u201d does not include the crimes defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 261\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">289\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(3)\u2002\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Seriously disabled<\/span>\u201d means a person with severe physical or sensory disabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(4)\u2002\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Medically incapacitated<\/span>\u201d means a person who is incapacitated as a result of prescribed sedatives, anesthesia, or other medication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(5)\u2002\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Institutionalized<\/span>\u201d means a person who is located voluntarily or involuntarily in a hospital, medical treatment facility, nursing home, acute care facility, or mental hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(6)\u2002\u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Minor<\/span>\u201d means a person under 18 years of age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(h)<\/span>\u2002This section shall not be 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