IN SB0362

Expands the crime of battery by body waste to include health care professionals as protected victims, alongside law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical responders, corrections officers, and department of child services employees

Defines "health care professional" to include any licensed, registered, or certified health care provider, as well as security guards providing security services at health facilities

Establishes battery by body waste against protected persons as a Class D felony when someone knowingly or intentionally places blood or body fluid/waste on them in a rude, insolent, or angry manner while they perform official duties

Enhances the penalty to a Class C felony if the offender knew or recklessly failed to know the substance was infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, or tuberculosis

Increases the penalty to a Class B felony if infected hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or tuberculosis is transmitted, and to a Class A felony if HIV is transmitted to the victim