2005 Idaho Code - 54-3505 — BOARD OF MEDICINE AND DIETETIC LICENSURE BOARD -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- FUNDS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 35
                                  DIETITIANS
    54-3505.  BOARD OF MEDICINE AND DIETETIC LICENSURE BOARD -- POWERS AND
DUTIES -- FUNDS. (1) The board of medicine shall administer, coordinate, and
enforce the provisions of this chapter, and, for that purpose, may hire such
employees as may be necessary. The dietetic licensure board shall make
recommendations to, and consult with, the board concerning qualification of
applicants for licensure, issuance of licenses, revocation of licenses and
rules to be promulgated under this chapter.
    (2)  The board of medicine shall, upon recommendation of the dietetic
licensure board, adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code,
necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter including, but not
limited to, rules relating to professional licensure, examination, the
establishment of ethical standards of practice, disciplinary proceedings,
license suspension or revocation for persons holding a license to practice
dietetics in this state.
    (3)  The board of medicine, in performing its duties pursuant to this
chapter, shall, for the purpose of providing for the determination of the
qualifications of applicants for licensure, as it relates to the educational,
preprofessional practice programs or dietetic internships, or as it relates to
the examination requirements for applicants, the establishment of ethical
standards of practice, or the conducting or determining disciplinary
proceedings, consider the following definitions to apply to such applicants
and to persons licensed pursuant to this chapter:
    (a)  "Dietetic practice," "practice of dietetics," or "practice
    dietetics," means the integration and application of principles derived
    from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, food physiology, management,
    and behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain human health
    through the provision of medical nutrition services and the development of
    therapeutic nutrition care plans to assist in the  maintenance of health
    and the prevention and treatment of disorders of body functions, systems
    or organs.
    (b)  "Medical nutrition services" means nutritional assessment, the design
    and implementation of therapeutic nutrition care plans, and nutrition
    therapy counseling.
    (c)  "Nutritional assessment" means the evaluation of nutritional needs of
    individuals and groups based upon appropriate biochemical, anthropometric,
    physical, and dietary data which is necessary to determine nutrient needs
    and to recommend appropriate enteral or parenteral nutritional intake.
    [(]d)  "Therapeutic nutrition care plan" means:
         (i)   Design and implementation of nutrition goals and objectives for
         individuals and groups for the maintenance of health and prevention
         of disease;
         (ii)  Design and implementation of therapeutic nutrition regimens,
         including enteral and parenteral nutrition for the treatment of
         disorders of body functions, systems or organs;
         (iii) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that meet
         nutritional needs and are consistent with available resources and
         constraints;
         (iv)  Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition care systems;
         or
         (v)   Evaluating, making changes in, and maintaining appropriate
         standards of quality in food and nutrition care services.
    (e)  "Nutrition therapy counseling" means advising or assisting
    individuals or groups on appropriate nutrient intake by integrating
    information from the nutritional assessment and therapeutic nutrition care
    plan with information on food and other sources of nutrients and meal
    preparation consistent with health needs, disease state, psychosocial
    status, cultural background, and available resources.
    (4)  The dietetic licensure board shall hold meetings, conduct hearings
and keep records and minutes as are necessary to carry out its functions.
    (5)  All fees received under the provisions of this chapter shall be
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state board of medicine
fund created in section 54-1809, Idaho Code, and all costs and expenses
incurred by the board and dietetic licensure board under the provisions of
this chapter shall be a charge against and paid from said fund for such
purposes, and the funds collected hereunder shall be immediately available for
the administration of this chapter.  In no instance shall the state board of
medicine fund be obligated to pay any claims which, in aggregate with claims
already allowed, exceed the income to the state board of medicine fund which
has been derived from the application of this chapter.  Money paid into the
state board of medicine fund pursuant to this chapter is hereby continuously
appropriated to the board for expenditure in the manner prescribed herein to
defray the expenses of the board and dietetic licensure board in carrying out
and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.