Lactation consultant licensing in Oregon
Oregon licenses lactation consultants. Implementing regulations took effect on 1 December 2017.
Licence to practise
Licence required
Since 2017-12-01 · IBCLC certification required
Medicaid billing · consultant who is not a nurse
Can bill directly
Current position
Providers per 10,000 births
58.1
Rank 3 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
- Enacted as HB 2503, with administrative rules 475–495 effective 2017-12-01.
- Restricts presenting oneself to consumers as a lactation consultant to IBCLC-certified practitioners.
What this means if you are looking for help
In Oregon, the title is protected. Other lactation support professionals may still help you — they just cannot use that specific title.
Can a lactation consultant bill Medicaid here?
Can bill directly
Oregon Medicaid entitles enrollees to lactation support to six months postpartum with no visit cap. Registered nurses, nurse midwives and OHA-licensed lactation consultants including IBCLCs can bill independently; CLCs and peer counsellors must be supervised. ⚠ Medicaid reimburses only IBCLC-certified providers, and many Oregon counties have no IBCLC at all — so a right to the service is not the same as access to it.
- Health Management Associates — Medicaid Coverage of Breastfeeding Support (Aug 2025), a six-state study with footnotes to state Medicaid policy — read 2026-09-10
⚠ Read from a secondary summary rather than the state’s own document. Check with your plan before relying on it.
Sources
- USLCA — Licensing the IBCLC (HB 2503 and rules) — read 2026-09-09
Dataset compiled 2026-09-11. Directly researched. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice.