71-7304. Gender-altering procedures; prohibited, when; considered unprofessional conduct; applicability of section.
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(1)Except as provided in the Let Them Grow Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the act, a health care practitioner shall not perform gender-altering procedures in this state for an individual younger than nineteen years of age.
(2)The intentional and knowing performance of gender-altering procedures by a health care practitioner for an individual younger than nineteen years of age in violation of subsection
(1)of this section shall be considered unprofessional conduct as defined in section 38-179 .
(3)This section does not apply to the continuation of treatment using puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, or both when the course of treatment began before October 1, 2023.
(4)This section does not apply to nonsurgical gender-altering procedures when such procedures are provided in compliance with the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to section 71-7305 .