146.35 Female genital mutilation prohibited.
(1) In this section, “infibulate" means to clasp together with buckles or stitches.
(2) Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may circumcise, excise or infibulate the labia majora, labia minora or clitoris of a female minor.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the circumcision, excision or infibulation is performed by a physician, as defined in s. 448.01 (5), and is necessary for the health of the female minor or is necessary to correct an anatomical abnormality.
(4) None of the following may be asserted as a defense to prosecution for a violation of sub. (2):
(a) Consent by the female minor or by a parent of the female minor to the circumcision, excision or infibulation.
(b) The circumcision, excision or infibulation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
(5) Whoever violates sub. (2) is guilty of a Class H felony.
History: 1995 a. 365; 1997 a. 283; 2001 a. 109.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 146 - Miscellaneous health provisions.
146.0255 - Testing infants for controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.
146.0257 - Evaluation of infants for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
146.085 - Pay toilets prohibited.
146.22 - Flushing devices for urinals.
146.25 - Required implanting of microchip prohibited.
146.29 - Access to toilet facility in retail establishment.
146.31 - Blood or tissue transfer services.
146.34 - Donation of bone marrow by a minor.
146.343 - Donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
146.345 - Sale of human organs prohibited.
146.348 - Reimbursement in cancer clinical trial programs.
146.35 - Female genital mutilation prohibited.
146.37 - Health care services review; civil immunity.
146.38 - Health care services review; confidentiality of information.
146.40 - Instructional programs for nurse aides; reporting client abuse.
146.60 - Notice of release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment.
146.615 - Advanced practice clinician training grants.
146.616 - Allied health professional education and training grants.
146.618 - Treatment program grants.
146.62 - Rural hospital loan program.
146.63 - Grants to establish graduate medical training programs.
146.64 - Grants to support graduate medical training programs.
146.65 - Rural health dental clinics.
146.66 - Low-income dental clinics.
146.68 - Grant for colposcopies and other services.
146.71 - Determination of death.
146.81 - Health care records; definitions.
146.815 - Contents of certain patient health care records.
146.816 - Uses and disclosures of protected health information.
146.817 - Preservation of fetal monitor tracings and microfilm copies.
146.819 - Preservation or destruction of patient health care records.
146.82 - Confidentiality of patient health care records.
146.83 - Access to patient health care records.
146.835 - Parents denied physical placement rights.
146.84 - Violations related to patient health care records.
146.87 - Federal registration numbers for prescribers of controlled substances.
146.89 - Volunteer health care provider program.
146.903 - Disclosures required of health care providers and hospitals.
146.905 - Reduction in fees prohibited.
146.91 - Long-term care insurance.