17-83-103. Definitions.

17-83-103. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Academy” means the Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; (2) “Commission on Dietetic Registration” means the Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a national certifying agency for voluntary professional credentialing in dietetics and a member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence; (3) “Degree” means a degree received from a United States college or university that was regionally accredited at the time the degree was conferred; (4) “Dietetic technician” means one who has completed a dietetic technician program and has received a two-year associate degree from a regionally accredited college or university; (5) “Dietetics practice” means the integration and application of the principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, food, physiology, management, and behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain people's health through the provision of nutrition care services; (6) “Dietitian” means one engaged in dietetics practice; (7) “Institute for Credentialing Excellence” means the national organization that establishes national standards for certifying bodies that attest to the competence of individuals who participate in the healthcare delivery system, grants recognition to certifying bodies that voluntarily apply and meet the established standards, and monitors the adherence to those standards by the certifying bodies that it has recognized; (8) “Licensed dietitian” means a person licensed under this chapter; (9) “Nutrition care services” means: (A) Assessing the nutritional needs of individuals and groups of humans and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting; (B) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutritional needs of humans and are consistent with available resources and constraints; (C) Providing nutrition counseling to humans in health and disease; (D) Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition care of, and food service systems for, humans; and (E) Evaluating, making changes in, and maintaining appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition care services for humans; (10) “Nutrition counseling” means advising and assisting individuals or groups concerning appropriate nutritional intake by integrating information from the nutritional assessment with information on food and other sources of nutrients and meal preparation consistent with cultural background and socioeconomic status; (11) “Nutritional assessment” means the evaluation of the nutritional needs of individuals and groups, based upon appropriate biochemical, anthropometric, physical, and dietary data, to determine nutrient needs and recommend appropriate nutritional intervention, including enteral and parenteral nutrition; (12) “Provisionally licensed dietitian” means a person provisionally licensed under this chapter; and (13) “Registered dietitian” means a person registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.