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    If you are due to recertify in 2022, the deadline for recertification has been EXTENDED to October 31, 2022. You must act before OCTOBER 31 to maintain your credential. Learn more here.

    This is the first year where, to recertify by CERPs:

    • you must take the CE Self-Assessment as soon as practicable;
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    • submit your Recertification by CERPs application and pay the recertification fee.

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IBCLC Ethics Updates

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Code of Professional Conduct Updates to Enhance Gender Neutrality The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) has made some revisions to the Code of Professional Conduct for IBCLCs (CPC) to enhance gender neutrality as well as to incorporate British English. As an international…

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