O.C.G.A.

43-22A-1 (2019)

Short title

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Statute text

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act."

History

(Code 1981, § 43-22A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 357, § 1/HB 649.)

Annotations

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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2023 · leading case: Raffensperger v. Jackson (& Vice Versa), 888 S.E.2d 483 (Ga. 2023).

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Raffensperger v. Jackson (& Vice Versa), 888 S.E.2d 483 (Ga. 2023). · cites it 6× “(“ROSE”), filed a complaint against the Secretary of State (“the Secretary”),1 challenging the constitutionality of the Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act (“the Act”), OCGA §§ 43-22A-1 to 43-22A-13. Under the Act, the Secretary issues licenses authorizing lactation care…”

Jackson v. Raffensperger, 843 S.E.2d 576 (Ga. 2020). “(“ROSE”), filed a complaint against the Secretary of State challenging the constitutionality of the Georgia Lactation Consultant Practice Act (the “Act”), OCGA §§ 43-22A-1 to 43-22A-13, which prohibits the practice of “lactation care and services” for compensation without a…”

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