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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See, now you are making your point about my "expertise."  I have just asked a friend at GW about their policies (she is a nurse there) and they make the parents sign something that says they understand they are obligated to have an infant safety seat [i]if they are driving[/i], but she said in theory they say they will prevetn the child from going home but in practice they cannot enforce this.

And you are definitely wrong about NYC -- there, state law says only that if parents are driving home, they are required by law to have a carseat.  (I have no idea how or if they can enforce this).

The state of Tennessee, as another example, also words it such that parents were not to be discharged without being educated that they are required by law to have a property installed carseat if they are driving, but Tennessee goes so far as to clarify that a hospital may not detain a parent without a carseat as a function of this statute but should call for police assistance if the parents put the child into a car without the proper carseat.  The hospitals themselves, clearly, may not act as law enforcement.  In fact, I don't believe they can legally detain you or your child for ANY reason without involving CPS or the police.

So even though you are very angry with me for not taking your word for it, I don't believe you know what you're talking about.  I just think you're telling me what makes sense to you and then pretending that you researched it.  [/quote]

If you know so much why are you going on and on about it.  You are clearly convinced that the hospital cannot keep your baby and that is you are walking across the street you do not have to have baby in carseat.  Why then do you keep questioning everyone.  Apparently you are right and you know what you are talking about. [i] let it go....[/i][/quote]

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