Lactation consultant licensing in South Carolina
No lactation-consultant licence in South Carolina. Title 40 of the state code, Professions and Occupations, has no chapter for lactation. Bills pending in 2025–2026 are about insurance and Medicaid coverage, not licensure.
Licence to practise
No licence identified
No effective date recorded
Medicaid billing · consultant who is not a nurse
Not checked yet
Not yet researched
Providers per 10,000 births
18.5
Rank 40 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
- South Carolina Code Title 40 lists chapters from accountants to genetic counselors; none licenses lactation consultants (read 2026-09-11).
- Bill 42 (2025–2026) would require Medicaid health plans to cover lactation consulting by certified lactation consultants. It was introduced on 14 January 2025 and, when read, was still in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee.
What this means if you are looking for help
No state licence means the title "lactation consultant" is not restricted in South Carolina. Anyone may use it. That makes checking the IBCLC credential itself the thing that tells you something.
Can a lactation consultant bill Medicaid here?
Whether an IBCLC can enrol with South Carolina Medicaid and bill it directly is a separate policy question from licensing, and we have only worked through 27 of 51 jurisdictions. A blank here means unchecked, not no — ask your plan directly.
Sources
- South Carolina Code of Laws — Title 40, Professions and Occupations — read 2026-09-11
- South Carolina Legislature — Bill 42 (2025–2026) — read 2026-09-11
Dataset compiled 2026-09-11. Directly researched. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice.