### Question
Can you define what serious bodily injury means?


### Answer
**Serious bodily injury** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 7413*:

> bodily injury which involves a substantial risk of death, unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 7413*
  - Heading: **SUBCHAPTER I-PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES > Subchapter Referred to in Other Sections > Amendments**

