N.Y. Public Health Law § 2505: Human breast milk; collection, storage and distribution; general powers of the commissioner

§ 2505. Human breast milk; collection, storage and distribution;

general powers of the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby empowered

to:

(a) adopt regulations and guidelines including, but not limited to

donor standards, methods of collection, and standards for storage, and

distribution of human breast milk;

(b) conduct educational activities to inform the public and health

care providers of the availability of human breast milk for infants

determined to require such milk and to inform potential donors of the

opportunities for proper donation;

(c) conduct educational activities to encourage and facilitate

employers and child day care centers to establish environments that do

not discourage breastfeeding and the provision of breast milk. Such

environments may include sanitary locations for breastfeeding and

refrigerators to assist in breastfeeding and feeding babies with

expressed breast milk; and

(d) establish rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of

this section.