708.10  HAZING.
         1. a.  A person commits an act of hazing when the person
      intentionally or recklessly engages in any act or acts involving
      forced activity which endanger the physical health or safety of a
      student for the purpose of initiation or admission into, or
      affiliation with, any organization operating in connection with a
      school, college, or university.  Prohibited acts include, but are not
      limited to, any brutality of a physical nature such as whipping,
      forced confinement, or any other forced activity which endangers the
      physical health or safety of the student.
         b.  For purposes of this section, "forced activity" means
      any activity which is a condition of initiation or admission into, or
      affiliation with, an organization, regardless of a student's
      willingness to participate in the activity.
         2.  A person who commits an act of hazing is guilty of a simple
      misdemeanor.
         3.  A person who commits an act of hazing which causes serious
      bodily injury to another is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.  

         Section History: Recent Form

         89 Acts, ch 41, § 1