# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 20. Miscellaneous Health Provisions

### Subtitle 6. Female Genital Mutilation

#### Section 20-601

In this subtitle, "female genital mutilation" means a procedure performed for nonmedical reasons that involves partial or total removal of or other injury to the external female genitalia, including:

(1) A clitoridectomy or the partial or total removal of the clitoris, prepuce, or clitoral hood;

(2) Excision or the partial or total removal, with or without excision of the clitoris, of the labia minora, with or without removal of the labia majora;

(3) Infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal opening, with or without excision of the clitoris; or

(4) Any other procedure that is harmful to the external female genitalia, including pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)