§ 61-3b-2

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)

emonstration 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; andH. '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.ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105 recompiled former 61-36-2 NMSA 1978 as 61-3B-2 NMSA 1978, effective May 18, 2022.