> Statement to the Lactation Community regarding Scope of Practice
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> The Board of Directors of the International Lactation Consultant Association
> (ILCA BOD) met for its regularly scheduled meeting 27-29 October 2006. The
> ILCA BOD extensively discussed the controversy that had just arisen
> surrounding the ³Scope of Practice² prepared by the International Board of
> Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE), distributed in the congratulatory
> packets to newly certified/recertified IBCLCs and posted on the IBLCE website
> on 26 Oct 2006. The ILCA BOD has been tracking the intense IBCLC reaction to
> this Scope of Practice: on Lactnet, in individual e-mails addressed to us as
> leaders of ILCA, and in e-mail groups of several other subgroups of lactation
> professionals.
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> As a Board, we decided that IBLCE must have the first opportunity to react to
> the outcry from lactation professionals about the IBLCE-posted Scope of
> Practice. We now understand that IBLCE has decided to conduct an internal
> review of the document, and we applaud that decision in light of the
> significant substantive and reasonable objections that have been raised about
> the Scope¹s current wording.
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>
>
> The ILCA BOD has advised the IBLCE BOD of its concern over the present
> version of the IBCLC Scope of Practice. We congratulate IBLCE on their plans
> to conduct the internal review, and recommend that this review be conducted
> by a group of practicing IBCLCs representing diverse, international
> perspectives, as well as varied practice settings, to capture appropriate
> input from the community of professional lactation consultants. We also
> suggest that IBLCE consider posting any draft scope of practice for a period
> of time on their website to allow for further public comment from IBCLCs.
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>
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> The ILCA BOD will review and research scopes of practice from other
> professions. Often, it is a licensing board that defines the scope of
> practice. One of the challenges is that our profession is certified but not
> licensed. Also, since we serve an international membership, we may find that
> scopes of practice are implemented and enforced differently throughout the
> world. Our hope is to identify a Model Scope of Practice that would serve as
> a best-practices guideline for our global IBCLC members.
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>
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> Despite the heated nature of this debate, the ILCA BOD is pleased that so
> many practicing IBCLCs care enough about their profession to verbalize their
> concerns to each other, to ILCA, and to IBLCE. We encourage members to
> continue to provide concrete suggestions for the IBCLC Scope of Practice, and
> we welcome any input you think will assist your Board of Directors. If you
> have any information on the topic of scope of practice, please send to Liz
> Brooks, ILCA Secretary, at [log in to unmask]
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> Respectfully,
>
>
> Becky Mannel
> President
> ILCA Board of Directors
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