46-23-502. Definitions. As used in 46-18-255 and this part, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Department" means the department of corrections provided for in 2-15-2301.
     (2) "Mental abnormality" means a congenital or acquired condition that affects the mental, emotional, or volitional capacity of a person in a manner that predisposes the person to the commission of one or more sexual offenses to a degree that makes the person a menace to the health and safety of other persons.
     (3) "Personality disorder" means a personality disorder as defined in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders adopted by the American psychiatric association.
     (4) "Predatory sexual offense" means a sexual offense committed against a stranger or against a person with whom a relationship has been established or furthered for the primary purpose of victimization.
     (5) "Sexual offender evaluator" means a person qualified under rules established by the department to conduct sexual offender and sexually violent predator evaluations.
     (6) "Sexual offense" means:
     (a) any violation of or attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a violation of 45-5-502(3), 45-5-503, 45-5-504(2)(c), 45-5-507 (unless the act occurred between two consenting persons 16 years of age or older), or 45-5-625; or
     (b) any violation of a law of another state or the federal government reasonably equivalent to a violation listed in subsection (6)(a).
     (7) "Sexual or violent offender" means a person who has been convicted of a sexual or violent offense.
     (8) "Sexually violent predator" means a person who has been convicted of a sexual offense and who suffers from a mental abnormality or a personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexual offenses.
     (9) "Violent offense" means:
     (a) any violation of or attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a violation of 45-5-102, 45-5-103, 45-5-202, 45-5-206 (third or subsequent offense), 45-5-301 (when the victim is less than 18 years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim), 45-5-302, 45-5-303, 45-5-401, 45-5-603(1)(b), or 45-6-103; or
     (b) any violation of a law of another state or the federal government reasonably equivalent to a violation listed in subsection (9)(a).

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 293, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 407, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 231, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Secs. 7, 12, Ch. 550, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 375, L. 1997.