2-1402.81 et seq. (2007) of the British Columbia Code recognize the benefits of breastfeeding and make it illegal to deny a woman the right to breastfeed in any place where she has the right to be. The law provides that breastfeeding is not a violation of indecent exposure laws. The law also states that an employer must provide a reasonable, unpaid daily break in a place other than a bathroom, as required by the employee, so that the employee can express breast milk for their child in privacy and safety. The location may include a daycare close to the employee`s workplace. Articles 201.210 and 201.220 (1995) state that breastfeeding a child is not considered a violation of indecent exposure laws. R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-13-17 (1987) establish the WIC program to provide additional food and nutrition education to breastfeeding women. Fig. Rev. Stat.
ch. 720 Paragraphs 5/11-30 (1995) clarify that breastfeeding infants is not an act of public indecency. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 28-20-2 (2007) requires employers to provide a clean, private area and not a bathroom for nursing employees to express their milk. Also requires that the worker be entitled to pumping breaks, but does not require that she be paid for this time. Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 435 (2006, 2020) requires an employer to grant a worker who is required to breastfeed or express breast milk for her child a reasonable unpaid break every day.
The law requires the Ministry of Health to publish regular reports on breastfeeding rates, complaints received and benefits reported by nursing mothers and working employers. The law also requires state agencies to grant paid breaks to nursing employees to use a nursing room for specific purposes. Illinois Senate Resolution 170 (2011) recognizes the unique health, economic and social benefits that breastfeeding provides to babies, mothers, families and the community, and decides that the State of Illinois work to remove barriers to initiating and continuing breastfeeding and to uphold women`s right to breastfeed. Callus. The Education Code § 222 (2015) requires schools operated by a school district or county education board, California School for the Deaf, California School for the Blind, and charter schools to make reasonable provision for a student nurse on a high school campus to express breast milk, breastfeed an infant, or meet other breastfeeding-related needs. N.H. Rev. Stat.
ann. § 132:10-d (1999) states that breastfeeding is not an indecent exposure and that restricting or restricting a mother`s right to breastfeeding is discriminatory. Section 145.894 (1990) of Minn. Stat. Ann. instructs the State Health Commissioner to develop and implement a public education programme that promotes the provisions of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Act. Educational programmes should include a campaign to promote breastfeeding. Looking for additional materials to make public breastfeeding a little less stressful? Hawaii Rev. 489.21 and 489-22 (2000) rev. Stat. state that denying or denying a woman full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, benefits and housing of social housing constitutes a discriminatory practice because she is breastfeeding a child.
The Act permits a private cause of action for any person harmed by a discriminatory practice under the Act. Sections 4 through 651.01 et seq. of the Columbia Code (2018) require the Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services to expand and coordinate health care for infants and young children under the age of three, including increasing breastfeeding use among young mothers and strengthening existing breastfeeding support infrastructure. Kan. Stat. Ann. Section 43-158 (2006) allows a nursing mother to be exempted from jury duty and allows jury service to be deferred until the mother no longer breastfeeds the child. 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.