Licensure by Endorsement, Licensure by Examination

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B8-42.001: Licensure by Endorsement
64B8-42.002: Licensure by Examination

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following change has been made by the Board to Rule 64B8-42.001, F.A.C., to add the title of form DH-MQA 1161, ND APP. and the website where the form can be obtained. The following change has been made by the Board to Rule 64B8-42.001, F.A.C., to delete reference to “Incorporated by reference”, with Section 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 51, of the December 19, 2008, issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Rule 64B8-42.001 shall read as:

64B8-42.001 Licensure by Endorsement.

Each applicant for certification as a dietitian/nutritionist by endorsement shall file the Electroligist Application, DOH Form DH-MQA 1161, ND APP, Rev 12/2008, incorporated by reference, which can be accessed at www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa, and demonstrate the following:

(1) through (2) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 468.507, 468.508 FS. Law Implemented 468.507, 468.513 FS. History–New 4-9-89, Formerly 21M-48.001, 61F6-48.001, 59R-42.001, Amended________.

 

Rule 64B8-42.002 shall read as:

64B8-42.002 Licensure by Examination.

(1) Every applicant for certification by examination shall file the Application for Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensure, DOH Form DH-MQA 1161, ND APP, Rev. 12/2008, which can be accessed at www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa, and demonstrate to the Council that he meets one of the following:

(a)1. Has a baccalaureate or post baccalaureate degree with a major in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, food management or equivalent major as determined by the Council from a school or program accredited by the appropriate accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Post-secondary Accreditation or its successor and the United States Department of Education and

2. Has completed 900 hours of planned and continuous supervised practice in dietetics or nutrition, or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the Council as described in subsection (3); or

(b)1. Has an academic degree with a major course of study in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food management from a foreign country, provided that degree has been validated by an accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Department of Education as equivalent to the baccalaureate or post baccalaureate degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States; and

2. Has completed 900 hours of planned and continuous supervised practice in dietetics or nutrition, or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the Council as described in subsection (3).

(2) through (5) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 456.017(1), 468.507, 468.508 FS. Law Implemented 456.027, 468.509 FS. History–New 4-9-89, Amended 11-28-90, 3-24-91, 11-9-92, 5-6-93, Formerly 21M-48.002, Amended 11-4-93, 6-9-94, Formerly 61F6-48.002, Amended 11-12-95, Formerly 59R-42.002, Amended 8-19-99, 3-9-08,________.

 

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Board of Opticianry/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255