As used in the Lactation Care Provider Act:

1. A. "applicant" means an individual seeking a license to provide lactation care and services as a licensee pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act;
2. 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;
3. C. "board" means the board of nursing;

4. 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. (1) clinical lactation assessment through the systematic collection of subjective and objective data;
   2. (2) analysis of data and creation of a plan of care;
   3. (3) implementation of a lactation care plan with demonstration and instruction to parents and communication to primary health care providers;
   4. (4) evaluation of outcomes;
   5. (5) provision of lactation education to parents and health care providers; and
   6. (6) recommendation and use of assistive devices;
5. E. "license" means a license to practice as a lactation care provider that the board issues pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act;
6. F. "licensee" means a lactation care provider licensed as a licensed lactation care provider pursuant to the Lactation Care Provider Act;
7. G. "member" means a member of the board; and
8. 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.

ANNOTATIONS

Recompilations. — Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105 recompiled former 61-36-2 NMSA 1978 as 61-3B-2 NMSA 1978, effective May 18, 2022.