Dietitian
- Exam
- State + third-party exam
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
Dietitians apply and integrate scientific principles of nutrition to different health, social, cultural, physical, psychological, and economic conditions to help provide proper nourishment, care, and education of individuals or groups. They may develop, manage, and provide nutrition services. Dietitians may be in charge of large-scale meal planning and preparation (as in schools or prisons), or may work with doctors and other medical personnel to plan individual patients’ diets and instruct them in their requirements. Dietitians also counsel individuals or groups on sound nutrition practices, teach, or conduct research. They provide medical nutrition therapy for individuals.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Both state and third-party exams required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Background check
- Specific type of conviction prohibited
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
- Address
- PO Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711
- Phone
- (512) 463-6599
- Agency website
- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/
- Licence page
- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/diet/diet.htm
- Last updated
- August 10, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Dietitian 29-1031.00
Source and verification
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