(a) Dietitian shall mean a person certified as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

(b) Nutritionist shall mean a person who either:

(1) has qualified as a diplomate of the American Board of Nutrition or as a Certified Nutrition Specialist with the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists; or

(2) has received a master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with a major in human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition, or food and nutrition, and has completed a documented work experience in human nutrition or human nutrition research of at least nine hundred (900) hours.

(c) Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) is a national professional organization for nutrition and dietetics practitioners which accredits educational and preprofessional training programs in dietetics.

(d) The Commission on Dietetic Registration (“”CDR””) is a member of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (“”NCCA””) and is the credentialing agency of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

(e) Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists (“”CBNS””) is the credentialing body which certifies advanced degree nutritionists as Certified Nutrition Specialists.

(f) Licensed Dietitian (“”LD””) shall mean a person licensed by the Board to engage in dietetics or nutrition

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practice under this Article.

(g) Licensed Nutritionist (“”LN””) shall mean a person licensed by the Board to engage in dietetics or nutrition practice under this Article.

(h) Medical nutrition care means the component of nutrition care that deals with:

(1) interpreting and recommending nutrient needs relative to medically prescribed diets, including, but not limited to, tube feedings, specialized intravenous solutions and specialized oral feedings;

(2) food and prescription drug interactions; and

(3) developing and managing food service operations whose chief function is nutrition care and provision of medically prescribed diets.

(i) Medically prescribed diet means a diet prescribed when specific food or nutrient levels need to be monitored, altered, or both, as a component of a treatment program for an individual whose health status is impaired or at risk due to disease, injury, or surgery, and may only be performed as initiated by or in consultation with a licensed physician.

(j) Nutrition assessment means the evaluation of the nutrition needs of individuals or groups using appropriate data to determine nutrient needs or status and make appropriate nutrition recommendations.

(k) Nutrition counseling means advising and assisting individuals or groups on appropriate nutrition intake by integrating information from the nutrition assessment.

(l) Nutrition services for individuals and groups shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) providing nutrition assessments relative to preventive maintenance or restorative care;

(2) providing nutrition education and nutrition counseling as components of preventive maintenance or restorative care; and

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(3) developing and managing systems whose chief function is nutrition care. Nutrition services for individuals and groups does not include medical nutrition care as defined in this Act.

(m) Restorative means the component of nutrition care that deals with oral dietary needs for individuals and groups. Activities shall relate to the metabolism of food and the requirements for nutrients, including dietary supplements for growth, development, maintenance or attainment of optimal health.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-329:14 (Aug. 14, 1998); repealed and reenacted by P.L. 25-192:3 (Jan. 25, 2001). Subsections (c) and (d) amended by P.L. 36-138:40 (Dec. 28, 2022).

§ 122102. Qualification for Licensure; Dietitian or
Nutritionist.

(a) Licensed Dietitian. The applicant for licensure as a dietitian shall:

(1) Provide evidence of current registration as a Registered Dietitian (“”RD””) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); or

(2) (A) Have received a baccalaureate or postgraduate degree from a college or university, accredited by a regional accrediting body recognized by the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation, with a major in dietetics, human nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition, public health nutrition, foods and nutrition, or an equivalent major course of study, as approved by the Board. Applicants who have obtained their education outside of the United States and its territories must have their academic degree validated by the Board as equivalent to a baccalaureate or masters degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States;

(B) Have satisfactorily completed a program of supervised clinical experience approved by the CDR; and

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(C) Have passed the registration examination for dietitians administered by the CDR.

(b) Licensed Nutritionist. The applicant for licensure as a nutritionist shall:

(1) meet the requirements of Subsections (a)(1) or (2) of this Section; or

(2) has qualified as a diplomate of the American Board of Nutrition, or as a Certified Nutrition Specialist with the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists, or has received a master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with a major in human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition or food and nutrition, and has completed a documented work experience in human nutrition or human nutrition research of at least 900 hours.

(c) Waiver of fees. All fees for application and license in part (b) of this Section will be waived for all applicants who are currently licensed under part (a) of this Section.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-329:14 (Aug. 14, 1998); repealed and reenacted by P.L. 25-192:3 (Jan. 25, 2001).

2015 NOTE: This section was originally entitled “”Qualification for Licensure; Clinical Dietitian or Nutritionist”” by P.L. 24-329:14. Repealed by P.L. 25-192:3.

Subsection designations in subsections (a)(2) were altered from Roman numerals to uppercase letters to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme pursuant to 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.