508.125 Female genital mutilation.
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(1)As used in this section, "female genital mutilation" means a procedure that involves
the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any procedure harmful
to the female genitalia, including but not limited to:
(a)A clitoridectomy;
(b)The partial or total removal of the clitoris or the prepuce;
(c)The excision or the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora,
with or without excision of the labia majora;
(d)The infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a
covering seal by cutting and appositioning of the labia minora or the labia
majora, with or without the excision of the clitoris;
(e)Pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area; or
(f)Any other action to purposely alter the structure or function of the female
genitalia for a nonmedical reason.
(2)A person is guilty of female genital mutilation when:
(a)The person knowingly performs female genital mutilation on another person
under eighteen
(18)years of age;
(b)The person is a parent, guardian, or has immediate custody or control of a
person under eighteen
(18)years of age and knowingly consents to or permits
female genital mutilation of such person; or
(c)The person knowingly removes or causes or permits the removal of a person
under eighteen
(18)years of age from Kentucky for the purposes of
performance of female genital mutilation of the person.
(3)It is not a defense to female genital mutilation that the conduct under subsection
of this section is:
(a)Required as a matter of religion, custom, ritual, or standard practice; or
(b)Consented to by the individual on whom it is performed or the individual's
parent or guardian.
(4)A surgical procedure is not a violation of subsection
(1)of this section if the
procedure is:
(a)Necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed and is
performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a health care
provider; or
(b)Performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth and is performed
for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth by a person licensed in
the place of its performance as a health care provider.
(5)Female genital mutilation is a Class B felony.