Hi All, I went to the IBLCE website and this is the short note posted under the title Scope of Practice: The IBCLE Board of Directors welcomes the many constructive comments that have been made regarding the recently published Scope of Practice, which was the result of two years of extensive international consultation, including inputs from numerous practicing IBCLCs including the Board of Directors for the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA). It takes time to develop a sound Professional Scope of Practice, and the process inevitably generates a variety of views. The Board is continuing its careful examination of the Scope of Practice in the light of these comments, which are certain to contribute to building greater clarity, concision and consensus around the final product. Jaye again: Ok - this is nice. But I am still frustrated by the lack of a time-line to correction and the poorly written SoP is still up on the website as the one to follow leaving us still with our hands tied. IBLCE states that it took them 2 yrs to write this. ??? I concur with Rachel's comments: <<But it is absolutely unbelievable that the document could get as far as being posted on the website without anyone responsible for it noticing that it would effectively prevent most of us from working.>> So, Come on IBLCE Board - what say you to all of us? My and others' questions deserved to be answered. Who came up with this wording? How could you not see the position (muzzled, hogtied and unable to practice) you were putting us all in? How could you possibly miss the vast contradictions between the Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics and this Scope of Practice? Where was your legal team?? And lastly, why have only the newly certified IBCLC's gotten a hard copy of this document? I don't know folks.I am not holding my breath - in my opinion IBLCE should have not only posted the note they did but also immediately rescinded the SoP and put the last one back up in it's place. I wish them luck cleaning up this mess.I wish us luck in the meantime. It seems the only way we can protect ourselves is to either not practice or (as Rachel said) voluntarily suspend out IBCLC certification until such time the SoP is corrected. Otherwise we leave ourselves in a terribly precarious position. Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween! This one is a Scary One in more ways than one. Warmly, Jaye PS - Anyone notice the TYPOS??? What is up with that??? *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html