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310.005 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians
and Nutritionists;
(2) "Practice of dietetics or nutrition" means the integration and application of scientific
principles of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, and management, and the
behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining the health of people
through the life cycle and in the treatment of disease. Methods of practice shall
include, but are not limited to, nutrition assessments; development, implementation,
management, and evaluation of nutrition care plans; nutrition counseling and
education; and the development and administration of nutrition care standards and
systems;
(3) "Dietitian" means a health care professional practicing dietetics and licensed
pursuant to KRS 310.021;
(4) "Nutritionist" means a health care professional practicing nutrition and certified
pursuant to KRS 310.031;
(5) "Nutrition care services" means:
(a) Assessing the nutrition needs of individuals and groups, and determining
resources and constraints in the practice setting;
(b) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutrition needs that are
consistent with available resources and constraints;
(c) Providing nutrition counseling in health and disease;
(d) Developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating nutrition care systems;
and
(e) Developing, evaluating, altering, and maintaining appropriate standards of
quality in food and nutrition care services;
(6) "Nutrition assessment" means the evaluation of the nutrition needs of individuals
and groups based upon appropriate biochemical, anthropocentric, physical, and
dietary data to determine nutrient needs. "Nutrition assessment" includes
recommending appropriate nutrition intake, including enteral and parenteral
nutrition;
(7) "Nutrition counseling" means advising and assisting individuals or groups on
appropriate nutrition intake as components of preventive, curative, and restorative
health care by integrating information about the nutrition assessment with
information on food and other sources of nutrients and meal preparation consistent
with cultural background and socioeconomic status;
(8) "Licensing agency" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for
Dietitians and Nutritionists;
(9) "License," means a license issued by the board;
(10) "Certificate" means a certificate issued by the board;
(11) "Licensed dietitian" means a person licensed by the board and qualified pursuant to
the criteria as established in KRS 310.021;
(12) "Certified nutritionist" means a person certified by the board and qualified pursuant
to the criteria as established in KRS 310.031; and
(13) "Commission on Dietetic Registration" means the commission established by the
American Dietetic Association for review and registration for registered dietitians.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 319, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.
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