172 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 61, § 002

Current through June 17, 2024

Section 172-61-002 - DEFINITIONS

Definitions set out in the Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Act, the Uniform Credentialing Act, 172 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 10, and the following apply to this chapter.

002.01ASSESSMENT. Assessment is defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1804. It includes the following activities:

(A) The collection of information, review of records, and verification of information. The records and information include anthropometric data, diagnoses, laboratory values, medications, diet orders, physical assessment data, and food preference or diet history information;

(B) Determining a complete nutritional plan of care to meet fluid need, calorie or protein need, need for specific form of food, need for specific adaptive devices for feeding techniques, or need for supplemental food, fluid, or medical nutritional product for a patient;

(C) Reviewing or refining goals set for the patient;

(D) Reviewing or refining a plan to achieve the established goals for a patient;

(E) Recommending changes in a physician's diet order, for a patient, to a physician when a possible need for a change is identified by a medical nutrition therapist; and

(F) Writing a therapeutic diet order for a patient in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. 38-1813.

002.02DATA COLLECTION. Data collection is the collection of anthropometric data such as height, weight, age, laboratory values, current medications, diagnoses, food preference, and diet history.

002.03HOUR. An hour, for the purposes of 172 NAC 61-003.02(B), 172 NAC 61-003.03(B), and continuing education, is an academic hour and calculated as follows:

(A) 1 semester hour of academic credit equals 15 clock hours;

(B) 1 quarter hour of academic credit equals 10 clock hours; and

(C) 1 trimester hour of academic credit equals 12 clock hours.

002.04LICENSE EXAMINATION. The license examination is The Registration Examination for Dietitians, as established by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or any other examination established by the Commission on Dietetic Registration and determined by the Board to be equivalent.

002.05OBSERVATION. Observation is watching the patient during intake of food and fluid.

172 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 61, § 002

Amended effective 9/15/2020

Amended effective 6/14/2023