Notice of Proposed Rule

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B8-42.001: Licensure by Endorsement
64B8-42.002: Licensure by Examination
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendments to incorporate application forms.
SUMMARY: The rule amendment will incorporate application forms.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board determined the proposed rule will not have an impact on small business.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 456.017(1), 468.507 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 456.027, 468.507, 468.509, 468.513 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Dietetics and Nutrition Council/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64B8-42.001 Licensure by Endorsement.

Each applicant for certification as a dietitian/nutritionist by endorsement shall file application DOH Form DH-MQA 1161, ND APP, Rev. 12/2008, incorporated by reference, and demonstrate the following:

(1) through (2) No change.

Specific Authority 468.507 FS. Law Implemented 468.507, 468.513 FS. History–New 4-9-89, Formerly 21M-48.001, 61F6-48.001, 59R-42.001, Amended_________.

 

64B8-42.002 Licensure by Examination.

(1) Every applicant for certification by examination shall file application DOH Form DH-MQA 1161, ND APP, Rev. 12/2008, incorporated by reference, and demonstrate to the Council that he meets one of the following:

(a)1. Has a baccalaureate or post baccalaureate degree with a major in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, food management or equivalent major as determined by the Council from a school or program accredited by the appropriate accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation or its successor and the United States Department of Education and

2. Has completed 900 hours of planned and continuous supervised practice in dietetics or nutrition, or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the Council as described in subsection (3); or

(b)1. Has an academic degree with a major course of study in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food management from a foreign country, provided that degree has been validated by an accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to the baccalaureate or post baccalaureate degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States; and

2. Has completed 900 hours of planned and continuous supervised practice in dietetics or nutrition, or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the Council as described in subsection (3).

(2) through (5) No change.

Specific Authority 456.017(1), 468.507 FS. Law Implemented 456.027, 468.509 FS. History–New 4-9-89, Amended 11-28-90, 3-24-91, 11-9-92, 5-6-93, Formerly 21M-48.002, Amended 11-4-93, 6-9-94, Formerly 61F6-48.002, Amended 11-12-95, Formerly 59R-42.002, Amended 8-19-99, 3-9-08,_________.


NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Dietetics and Nutrition Council
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Medicine
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: December 5, 2008
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: October 24, 2008