Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 508.125.Female genital mutilation

(a) A clitoridectomy;

(b) The partial or total removal of the clitoris or the prepuce;

(c) The excision or the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora;

(d) The infibulation or the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning of the labia minora or the labia majora, with or without the excision of the clitoris;

(e) Pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, or cauterizing the genital area; or

(f) Any other action to purposely alter the structure or function of the female genitalia for a nonmedical reason.

(a) The person knowingly performs female genital mutilation on another person under eighteen (18) years of age;

(b) The person is a parent, guardian, or has immediate custody or control of a person under eighteen (18) years of age and knowingly consents to or permits female genital mutilation of such person; or

(c) The person knowingly removes or causes or permits the removal of a person under eighteen (18) years of age from Kentucky for the purposes of performance of female genital mutilation of the person.

(a) Required as a matter of religion, custom, ritual, or standard practice; or

(b) Consented to by the individual on whom it is performed or the individual's parent or guardian.

(a) Necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed and is performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a health care provider; or

(b) Performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a health care provider.