CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 15
CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS
18-1506.Sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen years. (1) It is a felony
for any person eighteen (18) years of age or older, with the intent
to gratify the lust, passions, or sexual desire of the actor, minor
child or third party, to:
(a) Solicit
a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years to participate in
a sexual act;
(b) Cause
or have sexual contact with such minor child, not amounting to lewd
conduct as defined in section 18-1508, Idaho
Code; (c) Make
any photographic or electronic recording of such minor child; or
(d) Induce,
cause or permit a minor child to witness an act of sexual conduct.
(2) For
the purposes of this section "solicit" means any written,
verbal, or physical act which is intended to communicate to such minor
child the desire of the actor or third party to participate in a sexual
act or participate in sexual foreplay, by the means of sexual contact,
photographing or observing such minor child engaged in sexual contact.
(3) For
the purposes of this section "sexual contact" means any
physical contact between such minor child and any person, which is
caused by the actor, or the actor causing such minor child to have
self contact.
(4) For
the purposes of this section "sexual conduct" means human
masturbation, sexual intercourse, sadomasochistic abuse, or any touching
of the genitals or pubic areas of the human male or female, or the
breasts of the female, whether alone or between members of the same
or opposite sex or between humans and animals in an act of apparent
sexual stimulation or gratification.
(5) Any
person guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section shall
be imprisoned in the state prison for a period not to exceed twenty-five
(25) years.
Idaho Statutes