Nebraska Statutes 38-1809.01. Nutrition-care services, defined
Nutrition-care services means any or all of the following services provided within a systematic process:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-1809.01
- Nutrition counseling: means a supportive process, characterized by a collaborative counselor-patient or counselor-client relationship with individuals or groups, to establish food and nutrition priorities, goals, and individualized action plans and general physical activity guidance that acknowledge and foster responsibility for self-care to treat or manage an existing disease or medical condition or to promote health and wellness. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1809.02
- Nutrition-care services: means any or all of the following services provided within a systematic process:
(1) Assessing and evaluating the nutritional needs of people and groups and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting, including ordering laboratory tests to check and track nutrition status, creating dietary plans and orders, and monitoring the effectiveness of such plans and orders. See Nebraska Statutes 38-1809.01
- Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Assessing and evaluating the nutritional needs of people and groups and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting, including ordering laboratory tests to check and track nutrition status, creating dietary plans and orders, and monitoring the effectiveness of such plans and orders;
(2) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutritional needs and are consistent with available resources and constraints;
(3) Providing nutrition counseling, including in health and disease;
(4) Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition-care systems;
(5) Evaluating, changing, and maintaining appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition services; and
(6) Ordering therapeutic diets.