§ 11-21-1. Penalty for hazing.
(a) Any organizer of, or participant in, an activity constituting hazing, as defined in
subsection (b) of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or punished by imprisonment
for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or both.
(b) "Hazing� as used in this chapter, means any conduct or method of initiation into any
student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or recklessly
endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person.
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§ 11-21-1. Penalty for hazing.
(a) Any organizer of, or participant in, an activity constituting hazing, as defined in
subsection (b) of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or punished by imprisonment
for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or both.
(b) "Hazing� as used in this chapter, means any conduct or method of initiation into any
student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or recklessly
endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person. This conduct
shall include, but not be limited to, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics,
exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or
other substance, or any brutal treatment or forced physical activity which is likely
to adversely affect the physical health or safety of the student or any other person,
or which subjects the student or other person to extreme mental stress, including
extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation.