A person who is confined in or committed to any local or county detention facility, jail or prison or any State penal or correctional institution or other State penal or correctional facility located in this Commonwealth commits a felony of the third degree if he, while so confined or committed or while undergoing transportation to or from such an institution or facility in or to which he was confined or committed, intentionally or knowingly causes or attempts to cause another to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, saliva, urine or feces by throwing, tossing, spitting or expelling such fluid or material.
(Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.102, No.19, eff. imd.)
1998 Amendment. Act 19 added section 2703.1.
Cross References. Section 2703.1 is referred to in section 2702.1 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Section 2702 - Aggravated assault
Section 2702.1 - Assault of law enforcement officer
Section 2703 - Assault by prisoner
Section 2703.1 - Aggravated harassment by prisoner
Section 2704 - Assault by life prisoner
Section 2705 - Recklessly endangering another person
Section 2706 - Terroristic threats
Section 2707 - Propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle or onto a roadway
Section 2707.1 - Discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure
Section 2707.2 - Paintball guns and paintball markers
Section 2708 - Use of tear or noxious gas in labor disputes
Section 2710 - Ethnic intimidation
Section 2711 - Probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases
Section 2712 - Assault on sports official
Section 2713 - Neglect of care-dependent person
Section 2713.1 - Abuse of care-dependent person
Section 2714 - Unauthorized administration of intoxicant
Section 2715 - Threat to use weapons of mass destruction