Statutes: Rhode Island

(a) Any person eighteen (18) years of age or older who shall commit a battery upon a child ten (10) years of age or younger, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years and a fine of not less than five thousand ($5,000) dollars nor more than twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars.
 

(b)“Serious bodily injury” means physical injury that:
 

(1) Creates a substantial risk of death;
 

(2) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part, member or organ; or
 

(3) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.