President Nicușor Dan promulgated the law allowing pregnant women to be accompanied during childbirth by a person of their choice

President Nicușor Dan promulgated on Wednesday the law introducing new rights for pregnant women during labor, childbirth, and hospitalization. The legislation supplements the Patients’ Rights Law and establishes that a pregnant woman may be accompanied, upon request, by a person of her choice, including during an intra-institutional transfer.

Public and private healthcare facilities must protect the dignity and privacy of pregnant women and ensure appropriate measures to preserve privacy, including visual separation in areas designated for labor and childbirth. The right to accompaniment may be restricted only exceptionally, for medical, epidemiological, or safety reasons, which must be objective and justified.

Newborns have the right to remain with their mothers immediately after birth and throughout hospitalization. Separation is permitted only in medical, epidemiological, safety, or force majeure situations, recorded in the medical documents.

The law requires hospitals to encourage early mother-infant contact, initiation of breastfeeding, and rooming-in, under safe conditions.

Also on Wednesday, the president promulgated a law under which insured patients may receive adult diapers reimbursed at 80%, based on a specialist’s prescription.