Lactation consultant licensing in Wisconsin
No lactation-consultant licence in Wisconsin. The Department of Safety and Professional Services, which licenses the state's regulated professions, lists no lactation credential.
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
16.3
Rank 48 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 Department of Safety and Professional Services' list of the professions it licenses and certifies includes no lactation credential (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 Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin 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
- Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services — professions — read 2026-09-11
Dataset compiled 2026-09-11. Directly researched. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice.