53H-7-501. Definitions.
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Effective 10/14/2025
53H-7-501. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1)"Alleged perpetrator" means an individual whom a victim alleges committed an act of sexual violence against the victim.
(2)"Code of conduct" means an institution's student code of conduct, student code of ethics, honor code, or other policy under which the institution may sanction a student.
(3)"Covered allegation" means an allegation made to an institution that an individual committed an act of sexual violence.
(4)"Law enforcement agency" means an off-campus law enforcement agency of the unit of local government with jurisdiction to respond to a covered allegation.
(5)"Sexual violence" means:
(a)sexual abuse as described in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2242;
(b)aggravated sexual abuse as described in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2241;
(c)assault resulting in substantial bodily injury as described in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 113(a)(7);
(d)sexual assault;
(e)dating violence;
(f)domestic violence; or
(g)stalking.
(6)"Victim" means a student who alleges that the student was a victim of sexual violence.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 8 , 2025 Special Session 1