Applicability.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Applicability.—The provisions in this Chapter shall apply to all private and government health institutions adopting rooming-in and breastfeeding as denned in this Act
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Normal Spontaneous Deliveries.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Normal Spontaneous Deliveries.—The following newborn infants shall be put to the breast of the mother immediately after birth and forthwith roomed-in within thirty (SO) minutes: a) well infants regardless of age of gestation; and b) infants with low birth weights but who can suck.
Deliveries by Caesarian.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Deliveries by Caesarian.—Infants delivered by Caesarian section shall be roomed-in and breastfed within three (3) to four (4) hours after birth.
Deliveries Outside Health Institutions.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Deliveries Outside Health Institutions.—New-borns delivered outside health institutions whose mothers have been admitted to the obstetrics department/unit and who both meet the general conditions stated in Section 5 of this Act, shall be roomed-in and breastfed immediately.
Exemptions.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Exemptions.—Infants whose conditions do not permit rooming-in and breastfeeding as determined, by the attending physician, and infants whose mothers are either: a) seriously ill; b) taking medications contraindicated to breastfeeding; c) violent psychotics; or d) whose conditions do not permit breastfeeding and rooming-in as determined by the physician shall be exempted from the provisions of Sections 5, 6, and 7: Provided, That these infants shall be fed expressed breastmilk or wet-nursed as may be determined by the attending physician.
Right of the Mother to Breastfeed.
Section 9
SEC. 9. Right of the Mother to Breastfeed.—It shall be the mother's right to breastfeed her child who equally has the right to her breastfmilk. Bottlefeeding shall be allowed only after the mother has been informed by the attending health personnel of the advantages of breastfeeding and the proper techniques of infant formula feeding and the mother has opted in writing to adopt infant formula feeding for her infant.
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