Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0470-01-.01

Current through October 22, 2024

Section 0470-01-.01 - DEFINITIONS

As used in these rules, the following terms and acronyms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:

(1) Accredited Facilities - Facilities accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.

(2) Advertising - Includes, but is not limited to, business solicitations, with or without limiting qualifications, in a card, sign, or device issued to a person; in a sign or marking in or on any building; or in any newspaper, magazine, directory or other printed matter. Advertising also includes business solicitations communicated by individuals, radio, video, or television broadcasting or any other means designed to secure public attention.

(3) American Dietetic Association - When the acronym A.D.A. appears in these rules it is intended to mean American Dietetic Association.

(4) Applicant - Any individual seeking licensure by the board who has submitted an official application and paid the application fee.

(5) Association - The American Dietetic Association is the national professional association which accredits educational and preprofessional training programs in dietetics.

(6) Board - The Board of Dietitian/Nutritionist Examiners.

(7) Board administrative office - The office of the administrator assigned to the board located at 227 French Landing, Suite 300, Heritage Place, MetroCenter, Nashville, TN 37243.

(8) Board Designee - Any person who has received a written delegation of authority from the board to perform board functions subject to review and ratification by the full board where provided by these rules.

(9) Certified Facilities, Agencies, or Organizations - Facilities, agencies, or organizations certified by federal agencies.

(10) Closed Files - An administrative action which renders an incomplete or denied file inactive.

(11) Commission - The Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association. This agency evaluates credentials, administers proficiency examinations, and issues certificates of registration to qualifying dietitians, and is a member of the National Commission on Health Certifying Agencies.

(12) Dietitian and Nutritionist - A licensed health care professional practicing dietetics/nutrition. "Dietitian" or "nutritionist" may be used interchangeably.

(13) Department - Tennessee Department of Health.

(14) Division - The Division of Health Related Boards, Tennessee Department of Health, from which the board receives administrative support.

(15) Good Moral Character - The quality of being well regarded in personal behavior and professional ethics.

(16) He/she His/her - When "he" appears in the text of these rules, the word represents both the feminine and masculine genders.

(17) HRB - When the acronym HRB appears in these rules, HRB represents Health Related Boards.

(18) License - Document issued to an applicant who successfully completes the licensure process. The license takes the form of an "artistically designed" license as well as other versions bearing an expiration date.

(19) Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist - Any person who has met the qualifications for licensure and holds a current, unsuspended or unrevoked license which has been lawfully issued by the board.

(20) Non-medical - As referred to in T.C.A. § 63-25-104, means the dissemination of non-therapeutic information relating only to normal nutrition for healthy people.

(21) Person - Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, organization, or body politic.

(22) Practice of Dietetics/Nutrition - The integration and application of scientific principles of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, management and behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining health through the life cycle and in the treatment of disease. Methods of practice include, but are not limited to, nutritional assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition care plans, nutritional counseling and education, and the development and administration of nutrition care standards and systems.

(23) Registrant - Any person who has been lawfully issued a license.

(24) Relative - Parent, spouse, former spouse, siblings, children, cousins, in-laws (present and former), aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandchildren, step-children, employees, or anyone sharing the same household.

(25) Registered Dietitian (R.D.) - A person who is currently registered by the Commission.

(26) Supervision - The ongoing, direct review, for the purpose of training or teaching, by an approved supervisor who monitors the performance of an individual. The supervisor provides regular documented face-to-face guidance and instructions with respect to the skills and competencies of the person supervised.

(27) Use of title or description - To hold oneself out to the public as having a particular status by means of stating on, but not limited to signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery, announcements, business cards, media or other instruments of professional identification.

(28) Written evidence - Includes, but is not limited to, verification from supervisors or other professional colleagues familiar with the applicant's work.

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0470-01-.01

Original rule filed January 29, 1990; effective March 15, 1990. Amendment filed July 19, 1990; effective September 2, 1990. Repeal and new rule filed December 18, 1995; effective March 1, 1996. Amendment filed September 17, 1998; effective December 1, 1998. Amendment filed September 5, 2002; effective November 19, 2002.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-25-103, 63-25-104, and 63-25-107.