Minnesota Administrative Rules

3250.0030 TRANSITION PERIOD REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Dietitian requirements.

To be eligible for licensure as a dietitian for one year from December 11, 1995, in lieu of the requirements in part 3250.0010, an applicant must submit to the board a fully completed application on a form provided by the board, along with the applicable fee as provided in part 3250.0050, and provide:

A.

a notarized copy of the applicant's current registration card from the Commission on Dietetic Registration demonstrating registration as a dietitian or an official transcript from a United States regionally accredited college or university showing the applicant received a bachelor's degree in dietetics, human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, or food service management; and

B.

a letter from an employer or colleague attesting to the applicant's competent practice of dietetics for the equivalent of one year in the last five years.

Subp. 2.

Nutritionist requirements.

To be eligible for licensure as a nutritionist for one year from December 11, 1995, in lieu of the requirements in part 3250.0020, an applicant must submit a fully completed application, on a form provided by the board, along with the applicable fee as provided under part 3250.0050, and provide the board with evidence of meeting one of the sets of requirements described in item A, B, or C:

A.

an official transcript from an accredited or approved college or university showing that the applicant has received a master's or doctoral degree with a major in human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition, or food and nutrition and a letter from an employer or colleague attesting to the applicant's competent practice of nutrition or dietetics for the equivalent of one year in the last five years;

B.

a notarized copy of current certification as a clinical nutritionist from the International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists and a letter attesting to the applicant's competent practice of clinical nutrition, from a medical doctor with whom the applicant is working; or

C.

a notarized copy of the applicant's current certification as a nutrition specialist from the Board of Nutrition Specialists.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 148.623; 214.06

History:

20 SR 1288

Published Electronically:

October 19, 2000