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1.A licensed registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist shall provide nutrition care
services using systematic, evidence-based, problem-solving methods of the nutrition
care process to think critically and make decisions to address nutrition-related
problems and provide safe, effective, quality nutrition services and medical nutrition
therapy for patients and clients in both clinical and community settings.
2.A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist may accept or transmit oral,
verbal, delegated, or electronically transmitted orders from the referring provider
consistent with applicable laws and rules, including any protocols established to
implement medical nutrition therapy.
3.A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist may order patient diets, includi
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1. A licensed registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist shall provide nutrition care
services using systematic, evidence-based, problem-solving methods of the nutrition
care process to think critically and make decisions to address nutrition-related
problems and provide safe, effective, quality nutrition services and medical nutrition
therapy for patients and clients in both clinical and community settings.
2. A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist may accept or transmit oral,
verbal, delegated, or electronically transmitted orders from the referring provider
consistent with applicable laws and rules, including any protocols established to
implement medical nutrition therapy.
3. A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist may order patient diets, including
therapeutic diets, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Oral therapeutic
diets may be ordered by either a licensed registered dietitian or a licensed nutritionist.
Therapeutic diets include enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy, which consist of
specialized enteral or intravenous solutions and may be ordered only by an individual
licensed under this chapter who also meets one of the following criteria:
a. The individual is a registered dietitian nutritionist registered with the commission
on dietetic registration;
b. The individual is a certified nutrition support clinician certified by the national
board of nutrition support certification; or
c. The individual meets other requirements as determined by the board, consistent
with competencies necessary for evaluating, ordering, and administrating enteral
and parenteral nutrition.
4. This chapter does not limit the ability of any other licensed health care practitioner in
this state to order therapeutic diets if the ordering of therapeutic diets falls within the
scope of the license held by the health care practitioner.
5. A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist who has met the qualifications
under section 43-44-07 or 43-44-08 may order medical laboratory tests related to
nutritional therapeutic treatments consistent with state law.
6. A licensed registered dietitian or licensed nutritionist may implement prescription drug
dose adjustments for specific disease treatment protocols within the limits of the
licensed registered dietitian's or licensed nutritionist's knowledge, skills, judgment, and
current evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines as indicated in a facility
approved protocol and as approved and delegated by the licensed prescriber. This
subsection does not allow licensees to prescribe or initiate drug treatment. A licensed
registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist may be authorized to prescribe vitamin and
mineral supplements or discontinue unnecessary vitamins and minerals.