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Subcommittee favors fixing background‑check language and continues dietitian licensure compact bill
Summary
The Executive Departments and Administration subcommittee pressed OPLC and the Department of Safety to tighten background‑check language in House Bill 145 (dietitian licensure compact) and recommended separating criminal-history language into a uniform amendment to be used across several licensure bills before advancing the compact.
The Executive Departments and Administration subcommittee recommended amending background‑check language in House Bill 145, a measure to adopt a dietitian licensure compact and set criminal-history check requirements, and continued further action so drafters can provide language acceptable to the Department of Safety and the FBI’s background-check rules.
Representative Grotta, sponsor of HB145, said dietitians urged passage and stressed that credentialed dietitians "work in hospitals" and should not be conflated with uncredentialed nutrition advisers. Kate Feiffel, a dietitian who said she…
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