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Subcommittee approves updates to Dietetics Practice Act, clears path for interstate compact
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The regulatory subcommittee approved House Bill 185 to modernize Georgia's Dietetics Practice Act, narrow the scope to medical nutrition therapy, and permit Georgia to join an interstate licensure compact for dietitians, supporters said.
A House regulatory subcommittee approved House Bill 185 to update Georgia's Dietetics Practice Act, narrow its scope toward medical nutrition therapy and authorize the state to join an interstate licensure compact for dietitians, supporters told the committee.
Sponsor testimony said the Dietetics Practice Act, enacted in 1994, needed modernization to reflect current education and practice standards and to expand licensure pathways. "It is a complex field," the bill sponsor said, and described the bill's aim "to kinda update it, bring it into a modern era with modern language,…
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