State Law

In 2009, the North Dakota Legislature passed legislation to protect a woman’s right to breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the woman and child are otherwise authorized to be. This legislation will also establish an "infant-friendly" designation for workplaces that adopt breastfeeding support policies. The breastfeeding support policies include: 

• allowing flexible break times for expression of milk,
   
• providing a clean, private space (not a toilet stall or restroom) for pumping/nursing,
   
• access to a clean water source for washing hands and cleaning breast pump equipment, and
   
• providing a place for storing breast milk (such as a refrigerator, etc.).
   

To read the entire text of the legislation, go to North Dakota SB 2344. 

Additional resources for breastfeeding in public can be found on the Women's Health website.