940.20(6)
(6) Battery to public transit vehicle operator, driver or passenger. 940.20(6)(a)(a) In this subsection, "public transit vehicle" means any vehicle used for providing transportation service to the general public.
940.20(6)(b)
(b) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to another under any of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class I felony:
940.20(6)(b)1.
1. The harm occurs while the victim is an operator, a driver or a passenger of, in or on a public transit vehicle.
940.20(6)(b)2.
2. The harm occurs after the offender forces or directs the victim to leave a public transit vehicle.
940.20(6)(b)3.
3. The harm occurs as the offender prevents, or attempts to prevent, the victim from gaining lawful access to a public transit vehicle.
940.20(7)
(7) Battery to emergency medical care providers. 940.20(7)(a)1g.
1g. "Emergency department" means a room or area in a hospital, as defined in
s. 50.33 (2), that is primarily used to provide emergency care, diagnosis or radiological treatment.
940.20(7)(a)2.
2. "Emergency department worker" means any of the following:
940.20(7)(a)2.a.
a. An employee of a hospital who works in an emergency department.
940.20(7)(a)2.b.
b. A health care provider, whether or not employed by a hospital, who works in an emergency department.
940.20(7)(a)3.
3. "Health care provider" means any person who is licensed, registered, permitted or certified by the department of health services or the department of regulation and licensing to provide health care services in this state.
940.20(7)(b)
(b) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to an emergency department worker, an emergency medical technician, a first responder or an ambulance driver who is acting in an official capacity and who the person knows or has reason to know is an emergency department worker, an emergency medical technician, a first responder or an ambulance driver, by an act done without the consent of the person so injured, is guilty of a Class H felony.
940.20 History
History: 1977 c. 173;
1979 c. 30,
113,
221;
1981 c. 118 s.
9;
1983 a. 189 s.
329 (4);
1989 a. 336;
1993 a. 54,
164,
491;
1995 a. 27 s.
9126 (19);
1995 a. 77,
145,
225,
343;
1997 a. 35,
143,
283;
1999 a. 85;
2001 a. 109;
2005 a. 434;
2007 a. 20 s.
9121 (6) (a);
2007 a. 27,
130.
940.20 Annotation
Resisting or obstructing an officer, s. 946.41, is not a lesser-included offense of battery to a peace officer. State v. Zdiarstek,
53 Wis. 2d 776,
193 N.W.2d 833 (1972).
940.20 Annotation
A county deputy sheriff was not acting in an official capacity under s. 940.205 [now s. 940.20 (2)] when making an arrest outside of his county of employment. State v. Barrett,
96 Wis. 2d 174,
291 N.W.2d 498 (1980).
940.20 Annotation
A prisoner is "confined to a state prison" under sub. (1) when kept under guard at a hospital for treatment. State v. Cummings,
153 Wis. 2d 603,
451 N.W.2d 463 (Ct. App. 1989).
940.20 Annotation
A defendant's commitment to a mental institution upon a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect rendered him a "prisoner" under sub. (1). State v. Skamfer,
176 Wis. 2d 304, N.W.2d (Ct. App. 1993).
940.201
940.201
Battery or threat to witnesses. 940.201(1)(a)
(a) "Family member" means a spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, treatment foster child, parent, sibling or grandchild.
940.201(2)
(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class H felony:
940.201(2)(a)
(a) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is or was a witness by reason of the person having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.
940.201(2)(b)
(b) Intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to a person who he or she knows or has reason to know is a family member of a witness or a person sharing a common domicile with a witness by reason of the witness having attended or testified as a witness and without the consent of the person harmed or threatened.
940.201 History
History: 1997 a. 143;
2001 a. 109.
940.201 Annotation
Battery to a prospective witness is prohibited by s. 940.206 [now s. 940.201]. McLeod v. State,
85 Wis. 2d 787,
271 N.W.2d 157 (Ct. App. 1978).
940.203
940.203
Battery or threat to judge. 940.203(1)(a)
(a) "Family member" means a parent, spouse, sibling, child, stepchild, foster child or treatment foster child.
940.203(1)(b)
(b) "Judge" means a supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, circuit court judge, municipal judge, temporary or permanent reserve, judge or circuit, supplemental, or municipal court commissioner.
940.203(2)
(2) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any judge under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class H felony:
940.203(2)(a)
(a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that the victim is a judge or a member of his or her family.
940.203(2)(b)
(b) The judge is acting in an official capacity at the time of the act or threat or the act or threat is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.
940.203(2)(c)
(c) There is no consent by the person harmed or threatened.
940.203 History
History: 1993 a. 50,
446;
2001 a. 61,
109.
940.203 Annotation
Only a "true threat" is punishable under this section. A true threat is a statement that a speaker would reasonably foresee that a listener would reasonably interpret as a serious expression of a purpose to inflict harm, as distinguished from hyperbole, jest, innocuous talk, expressions of political views, or other similarly protected speech. It is not necessary that the speaker have the ability to carry out the threat. Jury instructions must contain a clear definition of a true threat. State v. Perkins, 2001 WI 46,
243 Wis. 2d 141,
626 N.W.2d 762,
99-1924.
940.205
940.205
Battery or threat to department of revenue employee. 940.205(1)(1) In this section, "family member" means a parent, spouse, sibling, child, stepchild, foster child or treatment foster child.
940.205(2)
(2) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any department of revenue official, employee or agent under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class H felony:
940.205(2)(a)
(a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that the victim is a department of revenue official, employee or agent or a member of his or her family.
940.205(2)(b)
(b) The official, employee or agent is acting in an official capacity at the time of the act or threat or the act or threat is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.
940.205(2)(c)
(c) There is no consent by the person harmed or threatened.
940.207
940.207
Battery or threat to department of commerce or department of workforce development employee. 940.207(1)(1) In this section, "family member" means a parent, spouse, sibling, child, stepchild, foster child or treatment foster child.
940.207(2)
(2) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm or threatens to cause bodily harm to the person or family member of any department of commerce or department of workforce development official, employee or agent under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class H felony:
940.207(2)(a)
(a) At the time of the act or threat, the actor knows or should have known that the victim is a department of commerce or department of workforce development official, employee or agent or a member of his or her family.
940.207(2)(b)
(b) The official, employee or agent is acting in an official capacity at the time of the act or threat or the act or threat is in response to any action taken in an official capacity.
940.207(2)(c)
(c) There is no consent by the person harmed or threatened.
940.208
940.208
Battery to certain employees of counties, cities, villages, or towns. Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to an employee of a county, city, village, or town under all of the following circumstances is guilty of a Class I felony:
940.208(1)
(1) At the time of the act, the actor knows or should know that the victim is an employee of a county, city, village, or town.
940.208(2)
(2) The victim is enforcing, or conducting an inspection for the purpose of enforcing, a state, county, city, village, or town zoning ordinance, building code, or other construction law, rule, standard, or plan at the time of the act or the act is in response to any such enforcement or inspection activity.
940.208(2p)
(2p) The enforcement or inspection complies with any law, ordinance, or rule, including any applicable notice requirement.
940.208 History
History: 2007 a. 193.
940.21
940.21
Mayhem. Whoever, with intent to disable or disfigure another, cuts or mutilates the tongue, eye, ear, nose, lip, limb or other bodily member of another is guilty of a Class C felony.
940.21 History
History: 1977 c. 173;
2001 a. 109.
940.21 Annotation
The forehead qualifies as an "other bodily member" under s. 940.21 because "other bodily member" encompasses all bodily parts. State v. Quintana, 2008 WI 33, ___ Wis. 2d___,
748 N.W.2d 447,
06-0499.
940.21 Annotation
Failure to instruct a jury that great bodily harm is an essential element of mayhem was reversible error. Cole v. Young,
817 F. 2d 412 (1987).
940.22
940.22
Sexual exploitation by therapist; duty to report. 940.22(1)(a)
(a) "Department" means the department of regulation and licensing.
940.22(1)(e)
(e) "Record" means any document relating to the investigation, assessment and disposition of a report under this section.
940.22(1)(f)
(f) "Reporter" means a therapist who reports suspected sexual contact between his or her patient or client and another therapist.
940.22(1)(h)
(h) "Subject" means the therapist named in a report or record as being suspected of having sexual contact with a patient or client or who has been determined to have engaged in sexual contact with a patient or client.
940.22(1)(i)
(i) "Therapist" means a physician, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist, professional counselor, nurse, chemical dependency counselor, member of the clergy or other person, whether or not licensed or certified by the state, who performs or purports to perform psychotherapy.
940.22(2)
(2) Sexual contact prohibited. Any person who is or who holds himself or herself out to be a therapist and who intentionally has sexual contact with a patient or client during any ongoing therapist-patient or therapist-client relationship, regardless of whether it occurs during any treatment, consultation, interview or examination, is guilty of a Class F felony. Consent is not an issue in an action under this subsection.
940.22(3)(a)(a) If a therapist has reasonable cause to suspect that a patient or client he or she has seen in the course of professional duties is a victim of sexual contact by another therapist or a person who holds himself or herself out to be a therapist in violation of
sub. (2), as soon thereafter as practicable the therapist shall ask the patient or client if he or she wants the therapist to make a report under this subsection. The therapist shall explain that the report need not identify the patient or client as the victim. If the patient or client wants the therapist to make the report, the patient or client shall provide the therapist with a written consent to the report and shall specify whether the patient's or client's identity will be included in the report.
940.22(3)(b)
(b) Within 30 days after a patient or client consents under
par. (a) to a report, the therapist shall report the suspicion to:
940.22(3)(b)1.
1. The department, if the reporter believes the subject of the report is licensed by the state. The department shall promptly communicate the information to the appropriate examining board or affiliated credentialing board.
940.22(3)(b)2.
2. The district attorney for the county in which the sexual contact is likely, in the opinion of the reporter, to have occurred, if
subd. 1. is not applicable.
940.22(3)(c)
(c) A report under this subsection shall contain only information that is necessary to identify the reporter and subject and to express the suspicion that sexual contact has occurred in violation of
sub. (2). The report shall not contain information as to the identity of the alleged victim of sexual contact unless the patient or client requests under
par. (a) that this information be included.
940.22(3)(d)
(d) Whoever intentionally violates this subsection by failing to report as required under
pars. (a) to
(c) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
940.22(4)
(4) Confidentiality of reports and records. 940.22(4)(a)(a) All reports and records made from reports under
sub. (3) and maintained by the department, examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, district attorneys and other persons, officials and institutions shall be confidential and are exempt from disclosure under
s. 19.35 (1). Information regarding the identity of a victim or alleged victim of sexual contact by a therapist shall not be disclosed by a reporter or by persons who have received or have access to a report or record unless disclosure is consented to in writing by the victim or alleged victim. The report of information under
sub. (3) and the disclosure of a report or record under this subsection does not violate any person's responsibility for maintaining the confidentiality of patient health care records, as defined in
s. 146.81 (4) and as required under
s. 146.82. Reports and records may be disclosed only to appropriate staff of a district attorney or a law enforcement agency within this state for purposes of investigation or prosecution.
940.22(4)(b)1.1. The department, a district attorney, an examining board or an affiliated credentialing board within this state may exchange information from a report or record on the same subject.
940.22(4)(b)2.
2. If the department receives 2 or more reports under
sub. (3) regarding the same subject, the department shall communicate information from the reports to the appropriate district attorneys and may inform the applicable reporters that another report has been received regarding the same subject.
