It is unlawful for anyone, except a child under what age, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, semen, urine, or feces?

• A. 16
• B. 18
• C. 21
• D. 15

Answer: (B)

The core idea here is an age-based exemption in a protective statute. The law targets preventing a child from being exposed to bodily fluids like blood, semen, urine, or feces, holding people accountable for causing such contact. However, there’s an exception for someone who is themselves a child, meaning the exemption applies only to a person who is under a certain age. That threshold is 18, because 18 is the typical age of majority and is used to define who is legally considered a child in most statutes. So if the actor is under 18, the statute doesn’t apply to them; once the actor reaches 18 or older, the action becomes unlawful.

Among the given options, 18 fits this standard dividing line between child and adult. Choices like 21 aren’t the usual threshold for “child,” and 16 or 15, while under 18, do not define the general legal cutoff the statute relies on; the established boundary is 18.