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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="20-601" title_number="20" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Female Genital Mutilation">
  <text>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:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>A clitoridectomy or the partial or total removal of the clitoris, prepuce, or clitoral hood;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>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;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal opening, with or without excision of the clitoris; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Any other procedure that is harmful to the external female genitalia, including pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area.</text>
  </level>
</section>
