Rhode Island General Laws 11-21-2. Penalty for school official permitting hazing
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Every person, being a teacher, superintendent, commandant, or other person in charge of any public, private, parochial, or military school, college or other educational institution, who shall knowingly permit any activity constituting hazing, as defined in § 11-21-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 277, § 30; P.L. 1909, ch. 431, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 32; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 11-21-2; P.L. 1986, ch. 195, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-21-2
- 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-21-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6