TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-64
The Licensed Dietitian
SECTION 5-64-12
§ 5-64-12 Exemptions.
This chapter shall not be construed as preventing or restricting the practice,
services, or activities of:
(1) Any person who does not call himself or herself a
dietitian/nutritionist from furnishing nutritional information to customers or
any consumer as to the use of foods, food products, or dietary supplements in
connection with the marketing and distribution of those products; or to the
general public for educational purposes and any person who provides a weight
loss program and/or health maintenance counseling as long as the persons do not
engage in nutrition counseling for the management of disease, and do not hold
themselves out to be dietitians/nutritionists.
(2) A person licensed or certified in this state under any
other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which the person is
licensed or certified and any person holding a doctoral degree from an
accredited institution in nutrition or a related field as determined by the
board; and any person with a bachelor's degree in home economics from
furnishing nutrition information incidental to the practice of his or her
profession.
(3) A person employed as a dietitian/nutritionist by the
government of the United States or the state or by a participating local agency
of the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children, if
the person practices solely under direction or control of the organization by
which the person is employed.
(4) A student enrolled in a board approved academic program
in dietetics/nutrition.
(5) Family members, friends, or acquaintances who provide
gratuitous nutrition advice as long as the advisor does not hold himself or
herself out to be a dietitian/nutritionist.
(6) Not-for-profit health-related agencies, as described in
26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), which provide nutrition information in the normal
course of doing business.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1988, ch. 643, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 385, § 1.)
