Health & Saf. Code, § 124170 · Article 8. Female Genital Mutilation Prevention
Health & Saf. Code, § 124170
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the appropriate federal agency or department, shall establish and implement appropriate education, preventative, and outreach activities, focusing on the new immigrant populations that traditionally practice female genital mutilation, for the purpose of informing members of those communities of the health risks and emotional trauma inflicted by this practice and informing those communities and the medical community of the prohibition and ramifications of Section 273.4 of the Penal Code.
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History
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 790, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.
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