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§ 61-3B-2 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Lactation Care Provider Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (7 sections).

Laws 2017, ch. 136, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 61-36-2, recompiled as § 61-3B-2 by Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 105.

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.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.