§ 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 person does not engage in nutrition counseling f
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§ 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 person does not engage in nutrition counseling for the management of disease,
and does not hold himself or herself out to be a dietitian/nutritionist.
(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), that provide nutrition information in the normal course of doing business.