N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-36.1-03

Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 12.1-36.1-03 - Exceptions

Section 12.1-36.1-02 does not apply:

1. To the good-faith medical decision of a parent or guardian of a minor born with a medically verifiable genetic disorder of sex development, including:

a. A minor with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous, including having forty-six, XX chromosomes with virilization, forty-six, XY chromosomes with undervirilization, or having both ovarian and testicular tissue; or

b. When a physician otherwise has diagnosed a disorder of sexual development in which the physician, through genetic testing, has determined the minor does not have the normal sex chromosome structure for a male or female; or

2. If performance or administration of the medical procedure on the minor began before April 21, 2023.

N.D.C.C. § 12.1-36.1-03

Added by S.L. 2023, ch. 136 (HB 1254),§ 1, eff. 4/21/2023.