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The Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) credential identifies....
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Q. How long is the CLC exam?
A. The CLC final exam lasts for 2 hours. However, there are competencies during the CLC training course that must be passed as well.
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Q. How long is the certification valid for?
A. The national certification of CLC is valid for three years. At the beginning of your third year of certification, you will receive a handbook and application forms to assist you in preparing your renewal application. Your CLC certification renewed with 18 hours of continuing education in evidence based breastfeeding education.
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Q. Where can I get my continuing education hours?
A. Approved continuing education offerings are ones that focus on evidence based breastfeeding research, updated management training, advocacy, practice, counseling, promotion, protection and/or support. There are many options for your continuing education. We are recommending breastfeeding Home Study Modules that you can get through this website www.healthed.cc  
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Q. As a CLC where can I work? What is my job description?
A. Please see the Scope of Practice.
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Q. What about insurance reimbursement?
A. At this time, few insurers reimburse lactation care providers for lactation services, unless that care provider works under a physician or APRN practice that has an insurance billing number.

Information about insurance billing may be obtained in the reimbursement toolkit available from USLCA (www.uslca.org) and also in the lactation superbill available from the UCLA alumni association (phone number at the end of your reference list in the notebook). The UCLA Superbill has a nice condensed list of billing codes. It is crucial, however, to make sure you are using billing codes that are applicable to your background/license (some codes are only for physician use).
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