2004 Minnesota Statutes

     148.624 Licensure; renewal. 

    Subdivision 1.    Dietetics.  The board shall issue a 
 license as a dietitian to a person who files a completed 
 application, pays all required fees, and certifies and furnishes 
 evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant: 

    (1) meets the following qualifications: 

    (i) has received a baccalaureate or postgraduate degree 
 from a United States regionally accredited college or university 
 with a major in dietetics, human nutrition, nutrition education, 
 food and nutrition, or food services management; 

    (ii) has completed a documented supervised preprofessional 
 practice experience component in dietetic practice of not less 
 than 900 hours under the supervision of a registered dietitian, 
 a state licensed nutrition professional, or an individual with a 
 doctoral degree conferred by a United States regionally 
 accredited college or university with a major course of study in 
 human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, 
 dietetics, or food systems management.  Supervised practice 
 experience must be completed in the United States or its 
 territories.  Supervisors who obtain their doctoral degree 
 outside the United States and its territories must have their 
 degrees approved by the board as equivalent to the doctoral 
 degree conferred by a United States regionally accredited 
 college or university; and 

    (iii) has successfully completed the registration 
 examination for dietitians administered by the commission; or 

    (2) has a valid current registration with the commission 
 which gives the applicant the right to use the term "registered 
 dietitian" or "R.D."  

    Subd. 2.    Nutrition.  The board shall issue a license 
 as a nutritionist to a person who files a completed application, 
 pays all required fees, and certifies and furnishes evidence 
 satisfactory to the board that the applicant: 

    (1) meets the following qualifications: 

    (i) has received a master's or doctoral degree from an 
 accredited or approved college or university with a major in 
 human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, 
 nutrition education, community nutrition, or food and nutrition; 
 and 

    (ii) has completed a documented supervised preprofessional 
 practice experience component in dietetic practice of not less 
 than 900 hours under the supervision of a registered dietitian, 
 a state licensed nutrition professional, or an individual with a 
 doctoral degree conferred by a United States regionally 
 accredited college or university with a major course of study in 
 human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, 
 dietetics, or food systems management.  Supervised practice 
 experience must be completed in the United States or its 
 territories.  Supervisors who obtain their doctoral degree 
 outside the United States and its territories must have their 
 degrees validated as equivalent to the doctoral degree conferred 
 by a United States regionally accredited college or university; 
 or 

    (2) has qualified as a diplomate of the American Board of 
 Nutrition, Springfield, Virginia. 

    Subd. 3.    Petition.  (a) The board may issue a license 
 as a nutritionist to a person who submits to the board a 
 petition for individual review, provided the person has received 
 a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited college or 
 university with a major course of study that includes an 
 emphasis in human nutrition and has completed a supervised 
 preprofessional experience component in nutrition practice of 
 not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a registered 
 dietitian, a state licensed health care practitioner, or an 
 individual with a doctoral degree conferred by a United States 
 regionally accredited college or university with a major course 
 of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, food and 
 nutrition, dietetics, or food system management.  Supervised 
 practice experience must be completed in the United States or 
 its territories.  Supervisors who obtain their degree outside 
 the United States and its territories must have their degrees 
 approved by the board as equivalent to a comparable degree 
 conferred by a United States regionally accredited college or 
 university. 

    (b) The board may issue a license as a dietitian or 
 nutritionist to an applicant who has completed a course of study 
 at a foreign college or university, if the applicant: 

    (1) submits a petition for individual review; 

    (2) successfully completes a course of study approved by 
 the board as equivalent to a baccalaureate or master's degree 
 conferred by a United States regionally accredited college or 
 university; and 

    (3) meets the applicable experiential requirements set by 
 the board. 

    Subd. 4.    Renewal.  Licensees shall renew licenses at 
 the time and in the manner established by the rules of the board.

    HIST: 1994 c 613 s 5