NSD 481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Health Organization, American Diabetes Association, Clinical Nutrition

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Nutrition Science & Dietetics
• Course: NSD 481
• Professor: Bruening

Document Summary

Code of ethics for the profession of dietetics. Support and promote high standards of professional practice. Accept obligation to protect clients, the public, and the profession. The dietetics practitioner (dp) considers the health, safety, and welfare of the public at all times. The dp complies with all laws and regulations applicable to the profession. Standards of practice (sop) and standards of professional. Describes the range of services that a profession is authorized to provide. There is no defined scope of practice for the entire dietetics profession (state licensure laws) but. We have a scope of dietetics practice framework. Licensure defines and protects a scope of practice. The only people who can call themselves dietitian are those who have completed the requirements. 31 states have licensure: al, ak, ar, dc, fl, ga, id, il, ia, ks, ky, La, ma, md, mn, ms, mt, ne, nh, nm, nc, nd, oh, pa, pr, ri, sd,