Rhode Island General Laws 5-64-14. Licensing without examination
(a) The board shall recommend for licensure any person:
(1) Who meets the qualifications of § 5-64-6(a)(1) and who submits the required application and fee together with satisfactory evidence to the board that he or she has been practicing dietetics for at least one year since 1983; or
(2) Who provides evidence of current registration as a registered dietitian by the commission of dietetic registration.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-64-14
- Board: means the Rhode Island state board of dietetics practice. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-64-3
- Dietetics: means the professional discipline of applying principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, management, and behavioral and social sciences in the provision of dietetic services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-64-3
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Registered dietitian: means a person registered by the commission of dietetic registration. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-64-3
(b) Licensure under the provisions of subsection (a)(1) cannot be granted after two (2) years following promulgation of rules and regulations.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 643, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 545, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 394, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 385, § 1.