I know that the discussion on SOP has been requested to end her however, the 
NYLCA Board wants to share our action - this letter was sent to IBCLE this 
morning.

 NYLCA Executive Board



Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC Tamara Hawkins, IBCLC Barbara Holmes, IBCLC

Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC Kate Sharp, IBCLC Svetlana Tenenbaum, IBCLC





NYLCA

c/o Kate Sharp

495 West End Avenue#9C

New York, NY 10024



November 6, 2006



To the members of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners:



            On behalf of the New York Lactation Consultant Association 
(NYLCA), the Executive Board of NYLCA respectfully but firmly requests that 
in light of recent issues raised about the Scope of Practice as it now 
appears on the IBCLE website, this Scope of Practice be removed immediately 
until significant revisions are discussed and agreed upon by your Board. As 
it stands, the Scope of Practice does not adequately represent the expertise 
of our profession or allow us to work at our own certified level of 
competency or ethics as an important but respectful part of a mother and 
baby's health care team. We are already aware of situations where a health 
care provider has claimed that the mother's IBCLC cannot provide her with 
evidence-based information if it does not agree with the health care 
provider since  "IBCLCs are not allowed to contradict health care providers 
according to the Scope of Practice" as it reads now. This is a great loss 
for families, and puts IBCLCs at great risk if they attempt to work within 
their own codes of ethics and competency. This cannot stand. Please remove 
this Scope of Practice, effective immediately, until it can both empower and 
guide IBCLCs back to the high level of effectiveness we did have and should 
continue to have.



Sincerely,



Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC

NYLCA President









 

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