§90-357. License requirements

Each applicant for a license as a licensed dietitian/nutritionist shall meet the following requirements:

(1)        Submit a completed application as required by the Board;

(2)        Submit any fees required by the Board; and

(3)        Either:

a.         Provide evidence of current registration as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration; or

b.         1.         Have received a minimum of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a major course of study in human nutrition, foods and nutrition, dietetics, community nutrition, public health nutrition, or an equivalent major course of study, as approved by the Board.  Regardless of the course of study, applicants must have successfully completed the Board's minimum course requirements in food sciences, social and behavioral sciences, chemistry, biology, human nutrition, diet therapy, advanced nutrition, and food systems management.  Applicants who have obtained their education outside of the United States and its territories must have their academic degree validated by the Board as equivalent to a baccalaureate or masters degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States; and

2.         Have completed a planned, continuous program in approved clinical practice of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a licensed dietitian/nutritionist as approved by the Board; and

3.         Have passed an examination as defined by the Board; or

c.         1.         Have received from a regionally accredited college or university a masters degree in human nutrition, nutrition education, foods and nutrition, public health nutrition or an equivalent major course of study as approved by the Board.  Applicants who have obtained their education outside of the United States and its territories must have their academic degree validated by the Board as being equivalent to a masters degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States; and

2.         Have a documented supervised practice experience component in dietetic practice of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a licensed health care provider; and

3.         Have passed an examination as defined by the Board; or

d.         Have received from a regionally accredited college or university a doctorate in human nutrition, nutrition education, foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or an equivalent major course of study as approved by the Board, or have received a Doctor of Medicine.  Regardless of the course of study, applicants must have successfully completed the Board's minimum course requirements in social and behavioral sciences, chemistry, biology, human nutrition, diet therapy and advanced nutrition.  Applicants who have obtained their education outside of the United States and its territories must have their academic degree validated by the Board as being equivalent to a doctorate or Doctor of Medicine conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States.

(1991, c. 668, s. 1.)