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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 4TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
CHAPTER 116DIETITIANS
SUBCHAPTER OTHE DIETETIC PROFESSION
RULE §116.140Areas of Expertise

The profession of dietetics includes six primary areas of expertise: clinical, educational, management, consultation, community and research; and includes without limitation the development, management, and provision of nutrition services, as follows:

  (1) planning, developing, controlling, and evaluating food service systems;

  (2) coordinating and integrating clinical and administrative aspects of dietetics to provide quality nutrition care;

  (3) establishing and maintaining standards of food production, service, sanitation, safety, and security;

  (4) planning, conducting, and evaluating educational programs relating to nutrition care;

  (5) developing menu patterns and evaluating them for nutritional adequacy;

  (6) planning layout designs and determining equipment requirements for food service facilities;

  (7) developing specifications for the procurement of food and food service equipment and supplies;

  (8) developing and implementing plans of nutrition care for individuals based on assessment of nutrition needs;

  (9) counseling individuals, families, and groups in nutrition principles, dietary plans, and food selection and economics;

  (10) communicating appropriate diet history and nutrition intervention data through medical record systems;

  (11) participating with physicians and allied health personnel as the provider of nutrition care;

  (12) planning, conducting or participating in, and interpreting, evaluating, and utilizing pertinent current research related to nutrition care;

  (13) providing consultation and nutrition care to community groups and identifying and evaluating needs to establish priorities for community nutrition programs;

  (14) publishing and evaluating technical and lay food and nutrition publications for all age, socioeconomic, and ethnic groups; and

  (15) planning, conducting, and evaluating dietary studies and participating in nutrition and epidemiologic studies with a nutrition component.


Source Note: The provisions of this §116.140 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4481

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