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 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act is 
5amended  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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)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 
10by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application

11file or license file as maintained by the Department's 
12licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or

13licensee to inform the Department of any change of address and 
14those changes must be made either through the Department's 
15website or by contacting the Department. 
16    "Board" means the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Board

 
 
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1appointed by the Secretary.

2    "Certified clinical nutritionist" means an individual 
3certified by the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board. 
4    "Certified nutrition specialist" means an individual 
5certified by the Certification Board of Nutrition Specialists. 
6    "Department" means the Department of Financial and 
7Professional Regulation.

8    "Dietetics and nutrition services" means the integration 
9and application of principles derived from the sciences of food 
10and nutrition to provide for all aspects of nutrition care for 
11individuals 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" 
10means an individual certified by the American Clinical Board of 
11Nutrition. 

12    "Licensed dietitian nutritionist" means a person licensed 
13under this Act to
practice dietetics and nutrition services, as 
14defined in this Section.
 Activities of a licensed dietitian 
15nutritionist do not include the medical
differential diagnosis 
16of the health status of an individual.












17    "Practice experience" means a preprofessional, documented, 
18supervised
practice in dietetics or nutrition services that is 
19acceptable to the
Department in compliance with requirements 
20for licensure, as specified in Section
 45. It may be or may 
21include a documented, supervised
practice experience which is a 
22component of the educational requirements
for licensure, as 
23specified in Section 45.

24    "Registered dietitian" means an individual registered with 
25the Commission
on Dietetic Registration, the accrediting body 
26of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly known as 
 
 
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1the American
Dietetic
Association.

2    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and 
3Professional Regulation. 

4(Source: P.A. 97-1141, eff. 12-28-12.)

 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.".