A US Department of Labor investigation discovered that Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa violated a federal law that provides protection for nursing mothers to express milk in the workplace. Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division concluded that Ardent Health Services +, operating as Hillcrest Medical Center, limited break times for expressing milk to specified times and only if there was sufficient staffing. The employer’s action violated the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, which allows a nursing worker to take breaks as needed to express milk for one year after her child’s birth. As a result of the division’s investigation, Hillcrest Medical Center updated its policies and practices to comply with federal law.