New York Public Health Law Section 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.

Last modified: February 3, 2019