Hazing Policy - Iowa | State Policy Database

Iowa Code 708.10 Hazing.

- 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.
A person who commits an act of hazing is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
A person who commits an act of hazing which causes serious bodily injury to another is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

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Statute

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Iowa Code