31-1-9. Breastfeeding of baby.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

The breastfeeding 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 breastfeed her baby in any location where the mother and baby are otherwise authorized to be.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 31-1-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1999, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1139, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 31(3)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “breastfeeding” for “breast-feeding” and “breastfeed” for “breast-feed” in this Code section.

Cross references

Newborn Baby and Mother Protection Act, § 33-24-58 et seq. 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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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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