Each applicant is eligible to become a licensed dietitian/nutritionist when they either

1. Provide evidence of current registration as a Registerd Dietitian by the Commision on Dietetic Registration; or
   
2. Provide evidence of having:
   
   1. received a minimum of a baccalaureate degree with a major course of study in human nutrition, foods and nutrition, dietetics, community nutrition, public health nutrition, or an equivalent major course of study.
      
   2. Provide evidence of having succesfully completed a planned, continuous program in approved dietetics practice of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a state's licensed dietitian/nutritionist. Practice program shall mean one which meets the current standards of the ADA.
   
   
3. Provide evidence of having passed an examination as referenced in 21 NCAC 17 .0105; or
   
   1. received a master's degree in human nutrition education, foods and nutrition, public health nutrition or an equivalent major course of study, and
      
   2. Provide evidence of having successfully completed a documented supervised practice experience component in dietetics practice of not less than 900 hours under the supervision of a health care practitioner licensed in good standing by the state; and
      
   3. Provide evidence of having passed an examination as defined by the Board; or
   
   
4. Provide evidence of having received a doctorate degree in human nutrition, nutrition education, foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or an equivalent major course of study, or have received a Doctor of requirements of the ADA-Approved Didactic program in Dietetics as referenced in the second edition of the "Accreditation/Approval Manual for Dietetic Education Programs". This satandard includes any subsequent amendments and editions of the referenced material. Copies of this manual may be purchased for twenty-one dollars and ninety-five cents ($21.95) plus three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) minimum shipping and handling from the ADA Sales Order Department, P.O. Box 97215, Chicago, IL 60678-7215. Successfull completion of minimum course requirements in G.S. 90-357(3)d may include teaching of equivalent course at an ADA-Approved Didactic Program in Dietetics or an ADA-Accredited Coordinated Program as referenced in the second edition of the "Accreditation/Approval Manual for Dietetic Education Programs" within the last five years.

North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition
1500 Sunday Drive, Suite 102 · Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: (919)861-5580 · Toll Free: (800)849-2936 · Fax: (919)787-4916