New Mexico Statutes Chapter 61. Professional and Occupational Licenses § 61-3B-2. Definitions

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:

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.