(a)An applicant for a license to practice dietetics shall
submit to the board written evidence, verified by oath, that the
applicant:
(i)Has received a baccalaureate or post
baccalaureate degree from a United States regionally accredited
college or university with a major course of study in human
nutrition, nutrition education, public health nutrition, food
and nutrition, dietetics, food systems management or an
equivalent major course of study as approved by the board.
Applicants who have obtained a degree outside of the United
States and its territories shall have their academic degree
validated by the board as equivalent to the same degree
conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in
the United States;
(ii)Has completed a documented supervised
preprofessional practic
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(a) An applicant for a license to practice dietetics shall
submit to the board written evidence, verified by oath, that the
applicant:
(i) Has received a baccalaureate or post
baccalaureate degree from a United States regionally accredited
college or university with a major course of study in human
nutrition, nutrition education, public health nutrition, food
and nutrition, dietetics, food systems management or an
equivalent major course of study as approved by the board.
Applicants who have obtained a degree outside of the United
States and its territories shall have their academic degree
validated by the board as equivalent to the same degree
conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in
the United States;
(ii) Has completed a documented supervised
preprofessional practice experience component in dietetics of
not less than nine hundred (900) hours under the supervision of
a registered dietitian, a licensed dietitian or an individual
with a doctoral degree conferred by a United States regionally
accredited college or university with a major course of study in
human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition,
dietetics or food systems management;
(iii) Has successfully completed the registration
examination for dietitians administered by the commission or an
examination of an equivalent level approved by the board;
(iv) Has reached the age of majority; and
(v) Has not been convicted of a felony or a
misdemeanor that relates adversely to the practice of dietetics,
or the ability to practice dietetics, in the courts of this
state, another jurisdiction or another country. As used in this
paragraph, "conviction" includes a finding or verdict of guilt,
an admission of guilt, a plea of nolo contendere, a plea
agreement in which the defendant has pled guilty yet not
admitted to all the facts that comprise the crime or a
conditional plea as part of a deferred prosecution or deferred
sentencing agreement.
(b) Until June 30, 2012, the board shall waive the
examination required by subsection (a) of this section and shall
grant a license to any applicant who:
(i) Makes satisfactory application to the board and
is registered with the commission; or
(ii) Received a baccalaureate or post baccalaureate
degree from a United States regionally accredited college or
university with a program in dietetics or an equivalent major
course of study as approved by the board and who has completed a
board approved practical experience and met the educational
requirements for registration by the commission or its
equivalent.
(c) If an applicant fails to complete the requirements for
licensing within one (1) year from the date of filing an
application, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.
(d) The board may issue a temporary permit to practice
dietetics for a period of six (6) months to an applicant for
licensing, provided:
(i) The applicant is currently practicing or has
within the last twelve (12) months practiced as a licensed
dietitian in another state, territory or country that required
licensure of dietitians;
(ii) The applicant is currently practicing or has
within the last twelve (12) months practiced as a registered
dietitian in another state, territory or country that did not
require licensure of dietitians; or
(iii) The applicant is a student in a commission
approved dietetics education program who expects to graduate
within thirty (30) calendar days of the application filing date.
Upon notification that a student in an approved program who has
received a temporary permit under this section fails to
successfully complete the program, the permit shall immediately
expire.
(e) On payment of an additional fee established pursuant
to W.S. 33-47-105(a)(v), the board may extend a permit to
practice dietetics for an additional period not to exceed six
(6) months from the date of issuance of the original permit.
(f) Upon payment of a fee established pursuant to W.S.
33-47-105(a)(v), the board shall issue a license to practice
dietetics to an applicant who was a dietitian registered prior
to July 1, 2011 by the commission or its equivalent.
(g) Unless licensed to practice under this act, no person
shall represent himself to the public as being a dietitian or a
licensed dietitian. Only a person holding a license to practice
dietetics in this state may use the title "licensed dietitian"
or the abbreviation "LD" to indicate that the person is a
licensed dietitian.