Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Sexual offender registration is a criminal penalty applicable in cases of certain sex-related crimes. I am not sure that spreading herpes is would result in such a conviction - from what I've read, and I'm not a criminal law attorney so take this with a grain of salt, it's prosecuted as a battery rather than a sexual assault. Also keep in mind that a criminal prosecution requires a greater burden of proof (beyond a reasonable doubt) than a civil tort case for personal injury (preponderance of the evidence).