Statute · California Health and Safety Code
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123367 — Breast Feeding
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123367
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Health and Safety Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2015-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
Citator
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 123367 — Breast Feeding is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative” means the program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that recognizes hospitals that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding.
(2) “Perinatal unit” means a maternity and newborn service of the hospital for the provision of care during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum and neonatal periods with appropriate staff, space, equipment, and supplies.
(b) All general acute care hospitals and special hospitals, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (f) of Section 1250, that have a perinatal unit shall, by January 1, 2025, adopt the “Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding,” as adopted by Baby-Friendly USA, per the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, or an alternate process adopted by a health care service plan that includes evidence-based policies and practices and targeted outcomes, or the Model Hospital Policy Recommendations as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 123366.