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 midwives 
  1.4             acting within the legal scope of their practice; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.2245, 
  1.6             subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.2245, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [PERMITTED ACTIVITIES.] A surgical procedure is 
  1.11  not a violation of subdivision 1 if the procedure: 
  1.12     (1) is necessary to the health of the person on whom it is 
  1.13  performed and is performed by:  (i) a physician licensed under 
  1.14  chapter 147 ~~or~~; (ii) a physician in training under the 
  1.15  supervision of a licensed physician; or (iii) a certified nurse 
  1.16  midwife practicing within the nurse midwife's legal scope of 
  1.17  practice; or 
  1.18     (2) is performed on a person who is in labor or who has 
  1.19  just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected 
  1.20  with that labor or birth:  (i) by a physician licensed under 
  1.21  chapter 147 ~~or~~; (ii) a physician in training under the 
  1.22  supervision of a licensed physician; or (iii) a certified nurse 
  1.23  midwife practicing within the nurse midwife's legal scope of 
  1.24  practice. 
  1.25     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.26     Section 1 is effective August 1, 1997, and applies to 
  2.1   crimes committed on or after that date.