As used in the Lactation Care Provider Act:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 61-3B-2

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.

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.