Any person who shall inoculate himself or any other person or shall suffer himself to be inoculated with smallpox, syphilis or gonorrhea and shall spread or cause to be spread to any other persons with intent to or recklessly be responsible for the spread of or prevalence of such infectious disease, shall be deemed a felon, and, upon conviction thereof, guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.L. 1910, § 2518. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 308, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 206, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 308 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.