Lactation consultant licensing in Delaware
No lactation-consultant licence in Delaware. The Division of Professional Regulation's boards cover nursing, midwifery and other health professions, but none covers lactation.
Licence to practise
No licence identified
No effective date recorded
Medicaid billing · consultant who is not a nurse
Only through another provider
Since 2017-06-02
Providers per 10,000 births
40.5
Rank 7 of 51 · US overall 27.9
Where this comes from
Checked against the state’s own law
Dataset compiled 2026-09-11
What we found
- The Delaware Division of Professional Regulation's list of regulated boards and professions includes no lactation board (read 2026-09-11).
What this means if you are looking for help
No state licence means the title "lactation consultant" is not restricted in Delaware. Anyone may use it. That makes checking the IBCLC credential itself the thing that tells you something.
Can a lactation consultant bill Medicaid here?
Only through another provider · since 2017-06-02
Delaware Medicaid has paid for lactation counselling as a separate pregnancy-related service since 2 June 2017 — but only when it is given by a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, midwife or registered nurse who also holds CLC or IBCLC certification. A lactation consultant without one of those licences does not qualify. ⚠ The state's document refused our request; this rests on its text as indexed.
- Delaware Division of Medicaid & Medical Assistance — Lactation Counseling Services — read 2026-09-11
⚠ Read from a secondary summary rather than the state’s own document. Check with your plan before relying on it.
Sources
- Delaware Division of Professional Regulation — boards and professions — read 2026-09-11
Dataset compiled 2026-09-11. Directly researched. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice.