Oh, fer cryin' out loud. You have no conflict of interest unless you are planning to start up a brand new government agency across the street that will compete with the one where you now work as a peer counselor. Sheesh. You must follow the rules of your work when you work. If they have a policy preventing you as a peer counselor from handing out a resource sheet listing yourself as a PPLC (even though this is NOT a conflict of interest, on its face) then you are stuck with that rule. If they have a rule that says you are not to be paid for speaking engagements given during your regular work day (after all -- this is public health -- education is supposed to be freely available to all) then you are stuck with that rule. If they have a rule saying you can't use your day job to line up consults in your moonlighting post, then you are stuck with that rule (which also, by the way, is a good rule from an ethics standpoint ....) But you sure as heck are not under their thumb and their rules when you leave your day job, and go to work developing your second career (or your moonlighting job) as a PPLCer. You can charge for consults as a PPLCer, you can seek honoraria for speaking gigs, you can open a retail part to your business, you can be an independent contractor hiring out your IBCLC expertise to others with short term need (the hospital and other PPLCers). You are an allied health care provider, fer cryin' out loud again. If your current boss is telling you you can do none of these things On Your Own Time, ask him to explain why you should not march right over to your small business lawyer, who has helped you to set up your private practice, and ask her to file a lawsuit for "restraint of trade" and "interference with business relations." Sheesh again. Run, do not walk, to your nearest book outlet and get Linda Smith's fabulous book "The Lactation Consultant in Private Practice." I disclaim that I wrote the legal chapter but I will not get one red cent from the sale, and YOU will have The Bible to tell you when, how and if to open a private practice. If you are working in a breastfeeding-promoting place, that is not even willing to recognize by title or remunerative means the significant achievement you have made to become IBCLC from peer counselor background, it may be time to find a new day job .... -- Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA Wyndmoor, PA, USA *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome