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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Actually, the hazing laws are often much more limited than GLO or university hazing policies. Hazing laws establish criminal violations that must give people reasonable notice of what conduct is prohibited. In my state, for example, it doesn't meet the legal definition of hazing unless actual physical injury occurs. (And I stand to be corrected, but I'm not familiar with any federal laws defining or criminalizing hazing; so far as I know, that's left to the states.)
GLO and university policies, on the other hand, are drafted with civil liability in mind, so they are typically likely to be more broad.
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Maybe I should have prefaced that with "in my experience." I've noticed that (Texas) hazing law tends to leave too much open for interpretation. Several GLOs (NIC, NPC, NPHC, and NALFO) that I've run into have been concerned because simple things incorporated into their programs have to be stopped/re-evaluated because they don't want to run into trouble with "well, that
coooould be considered hazing" violations.