Section 61-3B-2 - DefinitionsAs 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; 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.Renumbered from § 61-36-2 by 2022, c. 39,s. 105, eff. 5/18/2022.Repealed effective 7/1/2016.