This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act."
(Code 1981, §43-22A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 357, § 1/HB 649.)
Cross references.- Medicaid coverage for lactation and postpartum care, § 49-4-159.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Lactation care and services.
- Under the Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act, O.C.G.A. § 43-22A-1 et seq., after July 1, 2018, only persons who are licensed as "lactation consultants" in Georgia or who meet one of the Act's exceptions to licensure may provide "lactation care and services" as that term is defined by the Act. Accordingly, the Act prohibits any person, including a certified lactation consultant, who is not a licensed lactation consultant and who does not fall within one of the Act's exceptions, from practicing the types of acts and services that the Act defines as "lactation care and services." 2018 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 18-1.