Full Text of SB1229 98th General Assembly
SB1229sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Iris Y. Martinez Filed: 3/6/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1229
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1229 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 30/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 8401-10)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
| 8 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 9 | | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | 10 | | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application
| 11 | | file or license file as maintained by the Department's | 12 | | licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or
| 13 | | licensee to inform the Department of any change of address and | 14 | | those changes must be made either through the Department's | 15 | | website or by contacting the Department. | 16 | | "Board" means the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Board
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| 1 | | appointed by the Secretary.
| 2 | | "Certified clinical nutritionist" means an individual | 3 | | certified by the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board. | 4 | | "Certified nutrition specialist" means an individual | 5 | | certified by the Certification Board of Nutrition Specialists. | 6 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | 7 | | Professional Regulation.
| 8 | | "Dietetics and nutrition services" means the integration | 9 | | and application of principles derived from the sciences of food | 10 | | and nutrition to provide for all aspects of nutrition care for | 11 | | individuals and groups, including, but not limited to: | 12 | | (1) nutrition counseling; "nutrition counseling" means | 13 | | advising and assisting individuals or groups on | 14 | | appropriate nutrition intake by integrating information | 15 | | from the nutrition assessment; | 16 | | (2) nutrition assessment; "nutrition assessment" means | 17 | | the evaluation of the nutrition needs of individuals or | 18 | | groups using appropriate data to determine nutrient needs | 19 | | or status and make appropriate nutrition recommendations; | 20 | | (3) medically prescribed diet; "medically prescribed | 21 | | diet" means a diet prescribed when specific food or | 22 | | nutrient levels need to be monitored, altered, or both as a | 23 | | component of a treatment program for an individual whose | 24 | | health status is impaired or at risk due to disease, | 25 | | injury, or surgery and may only be performed as initiated | 26 | | by or in consultation with a physician licensed under the |
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| 1 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987 acting within the scope of his | 2 | | or her practice, except that a medically prescribed diet | 3 | | may only be ordered for a resident of a nursing home by a | 4 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | 5 | | branches; | 6 | | (4) medical nutrition therapy; "medical nutrition | 7 | | therapy" means the component of nutrition care that deals | 8 | | with: | 9 | | (A) interpreting and recommending nutrient needs | 10 | | relative to medically prescribed diets, including, but | 11 | | not limited to, enteral feedings, specialized | 12 | | intravenous solutions, and specialized oral feedings; | 13 | | (B) food and prescription drug interactions; and | 14 | | (C) developing and managing food service | 15 | | operations whose chief function is nutrition care and | 16 | | provision of medically prescribed diets; | 17 | | (5) nutrition services for individuals and groups; | 18 | | "nutrition services for individuals and groups" includes, | 19 | | but is not limited to, all of the following: | 20 | | (A) providing nutrition assessments relative to | 21 | | preventive maintenance or restorative care; | 22 | | (B) providing nutrition education and nutrition | 23 | | counseling as components of preventive maintenance or | 24 | | restorative care; and | 25 | | (C) developing and managing systems whose chief | 26 | | function is nutrition care; nutrition services for |
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| 1 | | individuals and groups does not include medical | 2 | | nutrition therapy as defined in this Act; and | 3 | | (6) restorative; "restorative" means the component of | 4 | | nutrition care that deals with oral dietary needs for | 5 | | individuals and groups; activities shall relate to the | 6 | | metabolism of food and the requirements for nutrients, | 7 | | including dietary supplements for growth, development, | 8 | | maintenance, or attainment of optimal health.
| 9 | | "Diplomate of the American Clinical Board of Nutrition" | 10 | | means an individual certified by the American Clinical Board of | 11 | | Nutrition.
| 12 | | "Licensed dietitian nutritionist" means a person licensed | 13 | | under this Act to
practice dietetics and nutrition services, as | 14 | | defined in this Section.
Activities of a licensed dietitian | 15 | | nutritionist do not include the medical
differential diagnosis | 16 | | of the health status of an individual.
| 17 | | "Practice experience" means a preprofessional, documented, | 18 | | supervised
practice in dietetics or nutrition services that is | 19 | | acceptable to the
Department in compliance with requirements | 20 | | for licensure, as specified in Section
45. It may be or may | 21 | | include a documented, supervised
practice experience which is a | 22 | | component of the educational requirements
for licensure, as | 23 | | specified in Section 45.
| 24 | | "Registered dietitian" means an individual registered with | 25 | | the Commission
on Dietetic Registration, the accrediting body | 26 | | of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly known as |
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| 1 | | the American
Dietetic
Association.
| 2 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | 3 | | Professional Regulation.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1141, eff. 12-28-12.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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