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O.C.G.A. § 31-1-9 — Breast-feeding of baby | Georgia Code

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TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 1. General Provisions; Access to Eye Care, 31-1-1 through 31-1-23.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-1-9. Breast-feeding of baby.

The breast-feeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which should be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health. A mother may breast-feed her baby in any location where the mother and baby are otherwise authorized to be.

(Code 1981, §31-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1139, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act, § 33-24-58.

Employer obligation to provide time for women to express breast milk for infant child, § 34-1-6.

Law reviews.

- For note on the 2002 amendment of this Code section, see 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 209 (2002).

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