§ 5-64.2-3. Definitions.
For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "ACEND� means the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics or
its successor organization.
(2) "Active military member� means any individual with full-time duty status in the active
armed forces of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve.
(3) "Adverse action� means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted
by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing authority or other authority against
a licensee, including actions against an individual's license or compact privilege
such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation
on the licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on licensure affecting a licensee's
authorization to practice, including issuance of a cease and desist action.
(4) "Alternative program� means a non-disciplinary monitoring or practice remediation
process approved by a licensing authority.
(5) "CDR� means the Commission on Dietetic Registration or its successor organization.
(6) "Charter member state� means any member state which enacted the compact by law before
the effective date pursuant to § 5-64.2-13.
(7) "Compact commission� means the government agency whose membership consists of all
states that have enacted the compact, which is known as the dietitian licensure compact
commission, pursuant to § 5-64.2-9, and which shall operate as an instrumentality of the member states.
(8) "Compact privilege� means a legal authorization, which is equivalent to a license,
permitting the practice of dietetics in a remote state.
(9) "Continuing education� means a requirement, as a condition of license renewal, to
provide evidence of participation in, and completion of, educational and professional
activities relevant to practice or area of work.
(10) "Current significant investigative information� means:
(i) Investigative information that a licensing authority, after a preliminary inquiry
that includes notification and an opportunity for the subject licensee to respond,
if required by state law, has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved true,
would indicate more than a minor infraction; or
(ii) Investigative information that indicates that the subject licensee represents an immediate
threat to public health and safety regardless of whether the subject licensee has
been notified and had an opportunity to respond.
(11) "Data system� means a repository of information about licensees, including, but not
limited to, continuing education, examination, licensure, investigative, compact privilege
and adverse action information.
(12) "Encumbered license� means a license in which an adverse action restricts a licensee's
ability to practice dietetics.
(13) "Encumbrance� means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on a licensee's
full and unrestricted practice of dietetics by a licensing authority.
(14) "Executive committee� means a group of delegates elected or appointed to act on behalf
of, and within the powers granted to them by, the compact, and the compact commission.
(15) "Home state� means the member state that is the licensee's primary state of residence
or that has been designated pursuant to § 5-64.2-7.
(16) "Investigative information� means information, records, and documents received or
generated by a licensing authority pursuant to an investigation.
(17) "Jurisprudence requirement� means an assessment of an individual's knowledge of the
state laws and regulations governing the practice of dietetics in such state.
(18) "License� means an authorization from a member state to either:
(i) Engage in the practice of dietetics (including medical nutrition therapy); or
(ii) Use the title "dietitian,� "licensed dietitian,� "licensed dietitian nutritionist,�
"certified dietitian,� or other title describing a substantially similar practitioner
as the compact commission may further define by rule.
(19) "Licensee� or "licensed dietitian� means an individual who currently holds a license
and who meets all of the requirements set forth in § 5-64.2-5.
(20) "Licensing authority� means the board or agency of a state, or equivalent, that is
responsible for the licensing and regulation of the practice of dietetics.
(21) "Member state� means a state that has enacted the compact.
(22) "Practice of dietetics� means the synthesis and application of dietetics, primarily
for the provision of nutrition care services, including medical nutrition therapy,
in person or via telehealth, to prevent, manage, or treat diseases or medical conditions
and promote wellness.
(23) "Registered dietitian� means a person who:
(i) Has completed applicable education, experience, examination, and recertification requirements
approved by CDR;
(ii) Is credentialed by CDR as a registered dietitian or a registered dietitian nutritionist;
and
(iii) Is legally authorized to use the title registered dietitian or registered dietitian
nutritionist and the corresponding abbreviations "RD� or "RDN.�
(24) "Remote state� means a member state other than the home state, where a licensee is
exercising or seeking to exercise a compact privilege.
(25) "Rule� means a regulation promulgated by the compact commission that has the force
of law.
(26) "Single state license� means a license issued by a member state within the issuing
state and does not include a compact privilege in any other member state.
(27) "State� means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States
of America.
(28) "Unencumbered license� means a license that authorizes a licensee to engage in the
full and unrestricted practice of dietetics.