H. B. 4390
(By Delegate Staton)
[Introduced
February 10, 2004
; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §61-10-32, relating
to making tongue splitting a crime unless performed by a
licensed physician; and providing for a penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-10-32, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
§61-10-32. Tongue splitting.
(a) "Tongue splitting" means the cutting of a human tongue
into two or more parts.
(b) A person may not perform tongue splitting on another
person unless the person performing the tongue splitting is
licensed to practice medicine with the West Virginia board of
medicine.
(c) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars or confined in the county or regional jail not more than
one year, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make tongue splitting a
misdemeanor unless performed by a physician. Tongue splitting
means
the cutting of a human tongue into two or more parts.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.