Part 10MALE CIRCUMCISION

Section § 125850

Explanation

This California law states that local governments, such as cities or counties, cannot create rules that ban or limit the practice of male circumcision. It also protects the right of parents to decide whether their child will be circumcised. The law ensures that the rules about male circumcision are the same across the entire state, applying to all types of cities and counties.

(a)CA Health and Safety Code § 125850(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(1)CA Health and Safety Code § 125850(a)(1) Male circumcision has a wide array of health and affiliative benefits.
(2)CA Health and Safety Code § 125850(a)(2) This section clarifies existing law.
(b)CA Health and Safety Code § 125850(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)CA Health and Safety Code § 125850(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.
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(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 398, Sec. 1. (AB 768) Effective October 2, 2011.)