Definitions

As used in the Lactation Care Provider Act: A. "applicant" means an individual seeking a license to provide lactation care and services as a licensee pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act; B. "approved certification" means certification as a lactation care provider conferred by a certification program accredited by any nationally or internationally recognized accrediting agency that is approved by the board and that establishes continuing education requirements; C. "board" means the board of nursing; D. "lactation care and services" means the clinical application of scientific principles and a multidisciplinary body of evidence for the evaluation, problem identification, treatment, education and consultation for the provision of lactation care and services to families, including: (1) clinical lactation assessment through the systematic collection of subjective and objective data; (2) analysis of data and creation of a plan of care; (3) implementation of a lactation care plan with demonstration and instruction to parents and communication to primary health care providers; (4) evaluation of outcomes; (5) provision of lactation education to parents and health care providers; and (6) recommendation and use of assistive devices; E. "license" means a license to practice as a lactation care provider that the board issues pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act; F. "licensee" means a lactation care provider licensed as a licensed lactation care provider pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act; G. "member" means a member of the board; and H. "practice" means a course of business in which lactation care and services are rendered or offered to any individual, family or group of two or more individuals. History: Laws 2017, ch. 136, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 61-36-2, recompiled as § 61-3B-2 by Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105.