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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 702.18, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 702.18 SERIOUS INJURY. 1 4 1. "Serious injury" meansdisablingany of the following: 1 5 a. Disabling mental illness, or bodily. 1 6 b. Bodily injury whichcreatesdoes any of the following: 1 7 (1) Creates a substantial risk of deathor which causes. 1 8 (2) Causes serious permanent disfigurement, or. 1 9 (3) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of 1 10 any bodily member or organ, and. 1 11 c. Any injury to a child that requires surgical repair. 1 12 2. "Serious injury" includes but is not limited to skull 1 13 fractures, rib fractures, and metaphyseal fractures of the 1 14 long bones of children under the age of four years. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill amends the definition of "serious injury" in the 1 17 criminal code. Any injury to a child that requires surgical 1 18 repair is now defined as a serious injury. 1 19 LSB 3669XS 77 1 20 jm/jw/5
Text: SF02277 Text: SF02279 Text: SF02200 - SF02299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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