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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 421.175: Use of mechanical restraints during labor, childbirth or postpartum recovery.

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  1. 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
  2. 34. Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections
  3. Chapter 421 — Department of Corrections Institutions; Compacts

(1) An adult in custody may not be restrained mechanically during labor, childbirth or postpartum recovery in a hospital unless:

      (a) The mechanical restraints are reasonably necessary, as determined by a supervising officer, for the safety and security of the adult in custody, correctional staff, other persons or the public; and

      (b) The attending physician determines that use of the mechanical restraints does not present a medical risk to the adult in custody.

      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the use of a mechanical restraint:

      (a) May not interfere with the ability of the adult in custody to hold the infant, nurse the infant, establish a milk supply, obtain lactation support or receive other postpartum recovery care from hospital staff.

      (b) Must be in the least restrictive manner possible.

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