18 U.S.C. § 1122 — Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus

(a) In General .— Whoever, after testing positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and receiving actual notice of that fact, knowingly donates or sells, or knowingly attempts to donate or sell, blood, semen, tissues, organs, or other bodily fluids for use by another, except as determined necessary for medical research or testing or under all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act, must be fined or imprisoned under subsection (c). (b) Transmission Not Required .— Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus does not have to occur for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section. (c) Penalty .— Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection (a) must be subject to a fine under this title of at least $10,000, imprisoned for at least 1 year nor more than 10 years, or both.