CHAPTER 3. APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS

IC 25-14.5-3

    

Chapter 3. Applicant Qualifications

IC 25-14.5-3-1

Educational requirements

    

Sec. 1. The board may require a person who applies for a certified
dietitian certificate to have:

        (1) completed a major course of study in human nutrition,
nutrition education, food and nutrition, and dietetics or food
systems management; and

        (2) received a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally
accredited college or university located in the United States or
its territories.

As added by P.L.124-1994, SEC.7.

IC 25-14.5-3-2

Validation of academic degrees

    

Sec. 2. The board may require a person who:

        (1) applies for a certificate as a certified dietitian; and

        (2) has obtained the person's education outside of the United
States and its territories;

to have the person's academic degree or degrees validated by an
organization approved by the board. The validating organization
must state that the degree is equivalent to a baccalaureate or master's
degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university
located in the United States.

As added by P.L.124-1994, SEC.7.

IC 25-14.5-3-3

Practice experience requirement

    

Sec. 3. The board may require a person who applies for a
certificate as a certified dietitian to have completed a documented,
supervised practice experience of not less than nine hundred (900)
hours under the supervision of a certified dietitian or a registered
dietitian.

As added by P.L.124-1994, SEC.7.