(1) A person shall be eligible to be a licensed dietitian nutritionist if such person is eighteen years of age or older, submits a completed application as required by the board, submits fees required by the board, and furnishes evidence of:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-1813

  • Board: means the Board of Medical Nutrition Therapy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1805
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Licensed dietitian nutritionist: means a person who is licensed to practice medical nutrition therapy pursuant to the Uniform Credentialing Act and who holds a current license issued by the department pursuant to section 38-1813. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1808
  • Licensed nutritionist: means a person who is licensed to practice medical nutrition therapy pursuant to the Uniform Credentialing Act and who holds a current license issued by the department pursuant to section 38-1817. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1808.01
  • Nutrition counseling: means a supportive process, characterized by a collaborative counselor-patient or counselor-client relationship with individuals or groups, to establish food and nutrition priorities, goals, and individualized action plans and general physical activity guidance that acknowledge and foster responsibility for self-care to treat or manage an existing disease or medical condition or to promote health and wellness. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1809.02
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Practice of dietetics and nutrition: means the integration and application of scientific principles derived from the study of food, nutrition, biochemistry, metabolism, nutrigenomics, physiology, food management, and behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining health throughout the life span and in providing nutrition care in person or by telehealth, including medical nutrition therapy, for the purpose of disease management and prevention, or to treat or rehabilitate an illness, injury, or condition. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1810.01
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • United States shall: include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(a) A current, valid registration as a registered dietitian nutritionist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration or a similar successor entity approved by the department; or

(b)(i)(A) A master’s or doctoral degree from a college or university accredited at the time of graduation from the appropriate accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education with a major course of study in human nutrition, foods and nutrition, dietetics, food systems management, nutrition education, nutrition, nutrition science, clinical nutrition, applied clinical nutrition, nutrition counseling, nutrition and functional medicine, nutritional biochemistry, nutrition and integrative health, or an equivalent course of study that, as approved by the board, meets the competency requirements of an accredited didactic program in dietetics of the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics or a similar successor entity approved by the Department of Health and Human Services; or

(B) An academic degree from a foreign country that has been validated as equivalent by a credential evaluation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and that, as approved by the board, meets the competency requirements of an accredited didactic program in dietetics of the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics;

(ii) Successful completion of a planned clinical program in an approved practice of dietetics and nutrition that, as approved by the board, meets the competency requirements of an accredited supervised practice experience in dietetics of the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics comprised of not less than one thousand hours of practice under the supervision of a registered dietitian nutritionist. A supervisor who obtained a doctoral degree outside of the United States and territories of the United States shall have the degree validated as equivalent to a doctoral degree conferred by an accredited college or university in the United States by a credential evaluation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education as approved by the Department of Health and Human Services; and

(iii) Successful completion of the examination for dietitian nutritionists administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or a similar successor entity approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.

(2) A person licensed as a licensed medical nutrition therapist and credentialed as a registered dietitian nutritionist by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or a similar successor entity recognized by the board on September 2, 2023, shall be deemed to be licensed as a licensed dietitian nutritionist for the term of the license. A person licensed as a licensed medical nutrition therapist who is not credentialed as a registered dietitian on September 2, 2023, shall be deemed to be licensed as a licensed nutritionist for the term of the license.

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