When asylum protection has been granted to a minor who alleges a risk of sexual mutilation, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons will ask her, for as long as the risk exists and she is a minor, to undergo a medical examination to establish that no mutilation has occurred. The Office will forward any refusal to undergo this examination or any finding of mutilation to the public prosecutor.
The medical certificate, duly completed, will be forwarded to the Office without delay by the doctor who drew it up. A copy of the certificate is given in person to the parents or legal representatives of the minor concerned.
No finding of sexual mutilation may in itself result in the termination of the protection granted to the minor under asylum. This protection cannot be terminated at the request of the minor’s parents or guardians as long as there is a risk of sexual mutilation.
The Office must observe a minimum period of three years between two examinations, unless there are real and serious grounds for believing that sexual mutilation has actually been performed or could be performed.
A joint order of the ministers responsible for asylum and health, issued after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the Office, shall define the procedures for applying this article and, in particular, the categories of doctors who may perform the examination referred to in the first paragraph.