{"id":3994,"date":"2022-05-14T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/?page_id=3994"},"modified":"2022-06-26T22:01:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T22:01:42","slug":"pc-243-9-assault-with-bodily-fluids-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/pc-243-9-assault-with-bodily-fluids-california\/","title":{"rendered":"PC 243.9 Assault With Bodily Fluids California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l364w8ea-278217c562b121239d60c09d4b3bca6e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l364w8ea-278217c562b121239d60c09d4b3bca6e{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l364w8ea-278217c562b121239d60c09d4b3bca6e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l364w8ea-278217c562b121239d60c09d4b3bca6e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:22px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l364w8ea-278217c562b121239d60c09d4b3bca6e av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>California<\/p>\n<\/div><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Penal Code &#8211; PC \u00a7 243.9<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2ij96-f0fd79770a09acfed9f15b62c8cb8cfb\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2ij96-f0fd79770a09acfed9f15b62c8cb8cfb{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2ij96-f0fd79770a09acfed9f15b62c8cb8cfb hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6gmsa2-8db167b4789ac03959c41ae8729ff58b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb\">\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb .av_searchform_wrapper{\nborder-color:#edae44;\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb #s.av-input-field{\ncolor:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon{\ncolor:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon.avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#edae44;\nstroke:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb #searchsubmit{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb .av_searchsubmit_wrapper{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia_search_element av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><search><form action='https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/' id='searchform_element' method='get' class='' data-element_id='av-3wvvyi-53cac77e1ca5ec1974600e448a6b80eb' ><div class='av_searchform_wrapper'><input type='search' value='' id='s' name='s' placeholder='Search CA statutes' aria-label='Search CA statutes' class='av-input-field ' required \/><div class='av_searchsubmit_wrapper '><input type='submit' value='Find' id='searchsubmit' class='button ' title='View results on search page' aria-label='View results on search page' \/><\/div><input type='hidden' name='numberposts' value='10' \/><input type='hidden' name='results_hide_fields' value='' \/><\/div><\/form><\/search><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2xjt7e-b23a94ad8276da2f2d2e92f6708be0e0\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2xjt7e-b23a94ad8276da2f2d2e92f6708be0e0{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2xjt7e-b23a94ad8276da2f2d2e92f6708be0e0 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_avia_sc_search  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l364x39t-780eaacd0ce893e8947ee6a160cf2ad7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div>\n<h2 class=\"SS_Banner\">PC \u00a7\u2002<span class=\"SS_SH SS_prior SS_tu1\">243.9<\/span>. Battery by gassing<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">(a)\u2002Every person confined in any local detention facility who commits a battery by gassing upon the person of any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with <span class=\"cite\">Section 830\u00a0<\/span>) of Title 3 of Part 2, or employee of the local detention facility is guilty of aggravated battery and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail or by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002For purposes of this section, \u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">gassing<\/span>\u201d means intentionally placing or throwing, or causing to be placed or thrown, upon the person of another, any human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances or any mixture containing human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances that results in actual contact with the person&#8217;s skin or membranes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002The person in charge of the local detention facility shall use every available means to immediately investigate all reported or suspected violations of subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, the use of forensically acceptable means of preserving and testing the suspected gassing substance to confirm the presence of human excrement or other bodily fluids or bodily substances. \u2002If there is probable cause to believe that the inmate has violated subdivision (a), the chief medical officer of the local detention facility, or his or her designee, may, when he or she deems it medically necessary to protect the health of an officer or employee who may have been subject to a violation of this section, order the inmate to receive an examination or test for hepatitis or tuberculosis or both hepatitis and tuberculosis on either a voluntary or involuntary basis immediately after the event, and periodically thereafter as determined to be necessary by the medical officer in order to ensure that further hepatitis or tuberculosis transmission does not occur. \u2002These decisions shall be consistent with an occupational exposure as defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2002The results of any examination or test shall be provided to the officer or employee who has been subject to a reported or suspected violation of this section. \u2002Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to otherwise supersede the operation of Title 8 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 7500\u00a0<\/span>). \u2002Any person performing tests, transmitting test results, or disclosing information pursuant to this section shall be immune from civil liability for any action taken in accordance with this section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002The person in charge of the local detention facility shall refer all reports for which there is probable cause to believe that the inmate has violated subdivision (a) to the local district attorney for prosecution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under both this section and any other provision of law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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