The Department of Human Services shall establish and implement appropriate education, prevention and outreach activities in communities that traditionally practice female circumcision, excision or infibulation for the purpose of informing:
(1) Those communities of the health risks and emotional trauma inflicted by the practices;
(2) Those communities and the medical community as to the existence and ramifications of ORS 163.207; and
(3) Those communities that the practices constitute physical injuries to a child for purposes of ORS 419B.005. [1999 c.737 §2]
Note: 431.827 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 431 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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