2000 Minnesota Statutes

     144.3872 Female genital mutilation; education and 
  outreach. 

    The commissioner of health shall carry out appropriate 
 education, prevention, and outreach activities in communities 
 that traditionally practice female circumcision, excision, or 
 infibulation to inform people in those communities about the 
 health risks and emotional trauma inflicted by those practices 
 and to inform them and the medical community of the criminal 
 penalties contained in section 609.2245.  The commissioner shall 
 work with culturally appropriate groups to obtain private funds 
 to help finance these prevention and outreach activities. 

    HIST: 1994 c 636 art 9 s 9