1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime; adding an exception to the crime of 
  1.3             female genital mutilation for certified nurse 
  1.4             midwives; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.5             609.2245, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.2245, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.] A surgical procedure is 
  1.10  not a violation of subdivision 1 if the procedure: 
  1.11     (1) is necessary to the health of the person on whom it is 
  1.12  performed and is performed by:  (i) a physician licensed under 
  1.13  chapter 147 or; (ii) a physician in training under the 
  1.14  supervision of a licensed physician; or (iii) a certified nurse 
  1.15  midwife; or 
  1.16     (2) is performed on a person who is in labor or who has 
  1.17  just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected 
  1.18  with that labor or birth:  (i) by a physician licensed under 
  1.19  chapter 147 or; (ii) a physician in training under the 
  1.20  supervision of a licensed physician; or (iii) a certified nurse 
  1.21  midwife. 
  1.22     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.23     Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.