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General Information and Definitions: Subchapter 4: Licensure
Rule 3.4.1 Licensure Requirements: An applicant for licensure shall submit to the Department,
verified by oath, written evidence in form and content satisfactory to the Department that the
applicant:
1. has passed an examination as administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or
other examination as approved by the Department;
2. is in good standing in any other state or jurisdiction where licensed;
3. is of good moral character; and 4. is presently in good standing with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
"Registered Dietitian" means a person registered by the Commission on Dietetic
Registration. "Licensed Dietitian" means a person licensed pursuant to these regulations. "Provisionally Licensed Dietitian" means a person provisionally licensed pursuant to
these regulations. "Dietetics Practice" means the integration and application of the principles derived from the
sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, food, physiology, management and behavioral and
social sciences to achieve and maintain people's health. Dietetic practice includes, but is
not limited to:
a. Providing medical nutrition therapy.
b. Development, administration, evaluation, and consultation regarding nutritional care
standards of quality in food services and medical nutrition therapy.
c. Providing nutrition counseling in health and disease.
d. Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition care systems.
e. Providing case management services. "Diet modification and nutrition counseling" means intervention and advice in assisting
individuals or groups in the development of personal diet plans to achieve appropriate
nutritional intake. To develop the diet plan, the dietitian integrates information from the
nutritional assessment with information on food and other sources of nutrients and meal
preparation consistent with cultural background and socioeconomic status.
13. "Specialized nutrition therapies" mean medical foods, enteral nutrition delivered via tube,
or parenteral nutrition delivered by intravenous infusion.
Regulations Governing Licensure of Dietitians Mississippi State Department of Health - Office of Health Protection
Reformatted January 2012 Office of Licensure - Professional Licensure Division
14. "Nutrition Educator" shall mean one who communicates scientific nutrition information to
individuals and/or groups and who provides information on food sources of nutrients to meet
normal nutrition need based on the most current "Recommended Dietary Allowances" of the
Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences, and National Research Council.
15. "Dietitian" means one engaged in dietetics practice, medical nutrition therapy or nutrition
education. The terms dietitian or dietician are used interchangeably in this chapter.
16. "Direct technical supervision" means the direct, technical supervision by a licensed
dietitian, as prescribed in regulations by the Board, of the dietetics practice or medical
nutrition therapy provided to an individual and/or group by a provisionally licensed dietitian.
17. "License" shall mean the document of licensure issued by the Board.
18. "Department" shall mean the Mississippi Department of Health.
19. "Examination" shall mean the Registration Examination for Dietitians as administered by
the Commission on Dietetic Registration or other examination that the Department may
designate.
20. "Act" shall mean the "Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act of 1986," Sections 73-10-1 et seq.
of Mississippi Code of 1972, annotated.
21. "Nonmedical weight Control" shall mean the provision of services for the purpose of
reducing, maintaining, or gaining weight that does not constitute thetreatment and
management of a disease or medical condition. The term includesweight control services for
healthy population groups to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. |