XL03: Do You Mind If I Use That? Understanding IBLCE Ethics Tenet 25

Liz BrooksLecturer: Elizabeth Brooks
E-CERPs: 1.25
Cost: US$18.75
Access Period: One week
Lecture recorded: at GOLD08
Synopsis: Tenet 25 of the IBLCE Code of Ethics is explained in detail with practical information for IBCLCs who wish to utilise published or printed works.
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Lecture Details: In late 2004 the IBLCE added a new tenet to the Code of Ethics: “Understand, recognize, respect, and acknowledge intellectual property rights, including but not limited to copyrights (which apply to written material, photographs, slides, illustrations, etc.), trademarks, service marks, and patents.” As an IBCLC, you are required to follow the Code of Ethics. But what if you find the patenting of human milk components objectionable, on legal or moral grounds? Did you know that trademark law for baby food manufacturers "trumps" the protections that the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is designed to offer? While these legal issues provide for stimulating discussion, most IBCLCs simply want to know: where can I get my hands on some good, free hand-outs? So we'll cover it all. In addition to a review of the legal issues, the participant will leave with a long list of sources for fabulous materials, that can be immediately used and adapted, in clinical lactation practice. Disclosure: Liz is a self-published author of a CD-R of HIPAA privacy document templates for use by the private practitioner IBCLC in the USA.

About the Lecturer: Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC, is a lawyer (since 1983) and private practice lactation consultant (since 1997) who brings to life the connection between lactation consultation and the law. IBCLCs face a maze of ethical, moral and legal requirements in their day-to-day practice, no matter what the work setting. With plain language and humor, Liz explains the laws affecting IBCLCs, so the lactation consultant can work ethically and legally. She offers pragmatic tips that can immediately be used in daily practice -- to successfully navigate that maze!