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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 125850

MALE CIRCUMCISION

Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 398, Sec. 1

(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(1) Male circumcision has a wide array of health and affiliative benefits.

(2) This section clarifies existing law.

(b) No city, county, or city and county ordinance, regulation, or administrative action shall prohibit or restrict the practice of male circumcision, or the exercise of a parent’s authority to have a child circumcised.

(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the laws affecting male circumcision must have uniform application throughout the state. Therefore, this part shall apply to general law and charter cities, general law and charter counties, and charter city and counties.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.