1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; changing provisions on licensure of nutritionists;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 148.624, subdivision 2; repealing 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 148.627, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 148.624, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Nutrition. The board shall issue a license as a nutritionist to a person who 
1.8 	files a completed application, pays all required fees, and certifies and furnishes evidence 
1.9 	satisfactory to the board that the applicant:
1.10 	(1) meets the following qualifications:
1.11 	(i) has received a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited or approved college 
1.12 	or university with a major in human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, 
1.13 	nutrition education, community nutrition, or food and nutrition; and
1.14 	(ii) has completed a documented supervised preprofessional practice experience 
1.15 	component in dietetic practice of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a 
1.16 	registered dietitian, a state licensed nutrition professional, or an individual with a doctoral 
1.17 	degree conferred by a United States regionally accredited college or university with a 
1.18 	major course of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, dietetics, 
1.19 	or food systems management. Supervised practice experience must be completed in the 
1.20 	United States or its territories. Supervisors who obtain their doctoral degree outside the 
1.21 	United States and its territories must have their degrees validated as equivalent to the 
1.22 	doctoral degree conferred by a United States regionally accredited college or university; or
2.1 	(2) has qualified as a diplomate of the American Board of Nutrition, Springfield, 
2.2 	Virginia received certification as a Certified Nutrition Specialist by the Certification Board 
2.3 	for Nutrition Specialists.

2.4 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 148.627, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are repealed.