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All new Dietitians must have a Masters starting in 2024, and all current RDs have completed a Dietetic Internship with practical experience in addition to Bache

All new Dietitians must have a Masters starting in 2024, and all current RDs have completed a Dietetic Internship with practical experience in addition to Bachelors in order to sit for the registration/licensure exam for some time now. I don't know about elsewhere, but in NV anyone can legally say they are a Nutritionist but cannot practice as a Dietitian, so there are ways to provide general nutrition guidance without being an RD. In addition, anyone can run a blog or write books with their advice, etc. I want someone who has verifiable expertise if I'm receiving medical nutrition therapy from them. Perhaps the portability of licenses is too restrictive, but elimination of licensure is a bad idea for many medical aspects of nutrition (beyond basic weight loss or general guidance).

Overtonwindow 9y ago
Actually Nevada's law is a lot of smoke and mirrors. They can practice nutrition, but they cannot call themselves a Dietitian. That's fair. They can practice as a dietitian, nutritionist, whatever they want. The law was completed neutralized a few years ago.[0] Medical Nutrition Therapy is a scam. It's the dietitians trying to practice medicine in the diagnosing and treatment of diseases. There is no medical necessity to licensure for nutrition, and the last thing we want is dietitians trying to pretend they're doctors. Show me one example of actual harm from bad nutrition advice. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has been running a contest for years trying to come up with one good example and they've failed. Ohio just passed a law that moved the board of dietetics under the state medical board, dissolving that whole board. States have finally caught on that there is, never has been, and has yet to be found, any actual harm or threat to public health from the practice of nutrition. It's just market exclusivity. They don't want the competition. If you want to be sure the person you're receiving care from is qualified enough, ask them. Make your own judgement. Don't depend on the government to create a monopoly for one profession/modality in the name of public health. [0]. Nevada Revised Statutes section 640E.090(a), (d), and (2) is the exemptions which totally guts the law.

Overtonwindow 9y ago

Actually Nevada's law is a lot of smoke and mirrors. They can practice nutrition, but they cannot call themselves a Dietitian. That's fair. They can practice as a dietitian, nutritionist, whatever they want. The law was completed neutralized a few years ago.[0] Medical Nutrition Therapy is a scam. It's the dietitians trying to practice medicine in the diagnosing and treatment of diseases. There is no medical necessity to licensure for nutrition, and the last thing we want is dietitians trying to pretend they're doctors. Show me one example of actual harm from bad nutrition advice. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has been running a contest for years trying to come up with one good example and they've failed. Ohio just passed a law that moved the board of dietetics under the state medical board, dissolving that whole board. States have finally caught on that there is, never has been, and has yet to be found, any actual harm or threat to public health from the practice of nutrition. It's just market exclusivity. They don't want the competition. If you want to be sure the person you're receiving care from is qualified enough, ask them. Make your own judgement. Don't depend on the government to create a monopoly for one profession/modality in the name of public health. [0]. Nevada Revised Statutes section 640E.090(a), (d), and (2) is the exemptions which totally guts the law.