The Cal. § 123365 Health and Safety Code (1996) requires all general acute care hospitals and specialty hospitals that provide maternity care to provide a lactation consultant or, alternatively, provide the mother with information on where to obtain information about breastfeeding. Or. Article 413.500 (2011) states that the purpose of the programme for women, infants and children is to provide nutritious food, nutritional education and counselling, health examinations and counselling services to breastfeeding women. Alabama, unlike neighboring Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, does not have a state law that protects breastfeeding and pumping in the workplace. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 7.34.4.16 (2020) requires that all usable cannabis products contain a warning for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
State laws like Georgia and Tennessee cover loopholes left by federal laws, such as unpaid breaks for all breastfeeding mothers, regardless of company size. Arch. Article 20-27-2001 (2007) stipulates that a woman may breastfeed a child in a public place or in a place where other persons are present. Article 26.2-179 (2003) requires the Ministry of Health, in consultation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection, to issue a mercury warning to consumers in all areas of professional medical practice providing gynaecological, obstetric or paediatric care, as well as in the areas of patients or clients of all maternal and child health and nutrition programmes. The advisory must explain the danger to pregnant or breastfeeding women of mercury-contaminated fish. 34 L.P.R.A. Article 1735h (2003) provides that any woman who breastfeeds her child under 24 months of age and submits a medical certificate attesting to this fact is exempt from jury activity. Ohio Rev. Code Ann.
Section 3781.55 (2005) provides that a mother has the right to breastfeed her baby in any place of public housing where the mother is otherwise permitted. Section 17-15-25 (1995) of the Utah Code (1995) provides that the county legislature may not prohibit breastfeeding a woman in a place where she could legally reside, whether the breast is covered during or during breastfeeding. Section 165.003 (1995) of the Texas Health Code provides for the use of a “mother-friendly” designation for companies that have policies to support breastfeeding in the workplace. N.J. Rev. Stat. § 10:5-12 (2018) makes it an illegal practice to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy or breastfeeding in terms of remuneration or financial conditions of employment. Section 611 (2009) of the New York Corrections Act allows the mother of a breastfed child to be accompanied by her child if she is committed to a correctional facility at the time of breastfeeding. This law also allows a child born to a devoted mother to return to the penal institution with his mother. The child may remain with the mother until the age of one year, if the woman is physically able to care for the child. 42 Section 4503 (2015) allows breastfeeding women who have requested an apology, exemption or apology from jury duty.
70, § 5-149.3 (2021) directs each school district committee to issue certain guidelines for employees of nursing school districts. The law also requires each school district to make reasonable efforts to provide a designated room or other place where an employee can express milk or breastfeed a child. N.M. Stat. ann. § 33-1-23 (2019) provides that correctional facilities where inmates are housed shall develop and implement a breastfeeding policy based on current and recognized best practices. Article 16-41-6-11 (2003) of the State Code states that the Department of State should maintain rules that set standards for providing HIV information to pregnant women before delivery, during delivery, and after delivery. The rules should include information about the risk of transmission through breastfeeding. N.Y. Article 206-C (2007) of the Labour Law stipulates that employers must grant nursing mothers reasonable and unpaid breaks for milk and make a reasonable effort to provide them with a private place. Prohibits discrimination against breastfeeding mothers.
20, § 1305/10-25 (1997) provides that the Ministry of Health may include a breastfeeding support programme as part of the provision and services for pregnant and breastfeeding women and lactating persons. According to article 210.5 (2000) of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court must accept a standard summons from the jury, which must contain a specific reference to the rules applicable to nursing mothers. Beginning in 1814, the Act created and instructed the Judicial Council to issue a judicial decision allowing the mother of a breastfed child to postpone jury duty for up to one year, and that after one year jury service could be postponed at the mother`s written request. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services` Healthy People 2030 report sets goals to improve infant health and safety, including increasing exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months of age and increasing breastfeeding during a child`s first year of life. The weakness of the invocation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Title VII is that an employer can bypass nursing mothers by not providing housing for anyone, including those who do not need to express breast milk at work. 24 L.P.R.A. Article 3518 (2004) provides that a mother who breastfeeds her child in a place, public or private, where she otherwise has the right to do so, is not considered an indecent exposure, an obscene act or any other criminal act. Ill. Rev. Stat. ch.
410 Article 50/3.4 (2019) establishes a comprehensive list of women`s rights in relation to pregnancy and childbirth. including the right to information about breastfeeding. Sections 8-13.5-102 and 8-13.5-104 (2008) recognize the benefits of breastfeeding and require an employer to provide an employee with a reasonable break to express breast milk from her breastfed child for up to two years after the birth of the child. The employer must make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with a place other than a washroom to express breast milk in privacy. The Act also requires the Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide information on its website and links to other websites where employers can obtain information on methods of placement of nursing mothers in the workplace. In addition, Article 20-170 (2011, 2017) stipulates that a mother may breastfeed her child in any public or private place where the mother otherwise has the right to breastfeed. The law also requires schools to have a written directive regarding the placement of breastfeeding students in schools with private, hygienic spaces to express breast milk during the school day. Articles 17-25-7 and 17-25-9 (2006) of the Code prohibit any ordinance restricting a woman`s right to breastfeed and provide that a mother may breastfeed her child wherever she is entitled to it. Miss Code Ann. Article 13-5-23 (2006) provides that nursing mothers may be exempted from jury activity. Section 9A.88.010 (2001) of the Washington State Code of Revision states that breastfeeding or the expression of breast milk does not constitute indecent exposure. In some jurisdictions, courts have ruled that Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act do not require employers to arrange for their employees to express breast milk at work.