A student enrolled in an accredited course on dietetics and nutrition recognized by the board may perform any action necessary to complete the student’s course of study and engage in the practice of medical nutrition therapy under the appropriate supervision of a supervisor in accordance with section 38-1813 or 38-1817 for a period of no more than five years after the student completes the course of study. The board may, in its discretion, grant a limited extension to such five-year period in the event of extraordinary circumstances to allow the student to satisfy the qualifications for licensure under section 38-1813 or 38-1817. For purposes of this section, extraordinary circumstances may include circumstances in which a person who legally provides medical nutrition therapy in another state has not met the qualifications for licensure under section 38-1813 or 38-1817 within the five-year period after completion of the course of study.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-1822

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Appropriate supervision: means the specific type, intensity, and frequency of supervision determined by an assessment of a combination of factors, which include discipline, level of education and experience of the supervisee, and assigned level of responsibility. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1803.01
  • Board: means the Board of Medical Nutrition Therapy. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1805
  • Medical nutrition therapy: means the assessment of the nutritional status of patients and the provision of the following nutrition-care services for the treatment or management of a disease or medical condition by:

    (1) Assessing and evaluating the nutritional needs of people and groups and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting, including ordering laboratory tests to check and track nutrition status, creating dietary plans and orders, and monitoring the effectiveness of such plans and orders. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1809

  • 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
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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