Bill > S00607

This bill establishes a licensing system for dietitians and nutritionists, defining their professional practices and ensuring they meet specific educational and experiential requirements to protect public health. It clarifies that "medical nutrition therapy" involves assessing, diagnosing, intervening, and monitoring nutritional needs for managing or treating diseases, and "advanced medical nutrition therapy" includes more complex interventions like developing therapeutic diets via enteral and parenteral routes, and managing feeding tubes. The bill also outlines requirements for obtaining a license as a "licensed dietitian" or "licensed nutritionist," including specific educational degrees, supervised practice experience, and passing an examination, while also providing exemptions for certain professionals and situations, such as licensed physicians, nurses, and students in training, and establishing provisions for existing certified dietitians and nutritionists to transition to the new licensing system.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S607