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Subcommittee clears House Bill 185 to modernize Dietetics Practice Act, permit interstate compact membership
Summary
House Bill 185, intended to update Georgia’s Dietetics Practice Act and authorize joining an interstate licensure compact for dietitians, was advanced by the subcommittee after proponents described changes to definitions, scope and exemptions and argued the compact would expand workforce mobility.
A House regulatory subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 185, which updates language in the Georgia Dietetics Practice Act, narrows the statute’s scope to emphasize medical nutrition therapy, and would allow Georgia to join an interstate licensure compact for dietitians.
The bill’s sponsor told the committee the Dietetics Practice Act dates to 1994 and that the proposed changes modernize terminology, clarify where licensure is required and create pathways to licensure designed to expand access to medically necessary nutrition care. “Medical nutrition therapy … means the provision of any of the following nutrition…
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