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.

Effective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 136 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.