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Subcommittee approves update to Dietetics Practice Act, supports joining interstate licensure compact
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The Regulated Industries Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 185, which updates Georgia’s Dietetics Practice Act to clarify medical nutrition therapy, create clearer licensure pathways and authorize participation in an interstate licensure compact for dietitians, supporters said.
The Regulated Industries Subcommittee approved House Bill 185, a measure to modernize Georgia’s Dietetics Practice Act and authorize the state to join an interstate licensure compact for dietitians, supporters said at the meeting.
Supporters said the bill narrows licensure to clinical work defined as medical nutrition therapy, updates antiquated language in the 1994 statute and would expand licensure portability among compact states to ease workforce mobility, including for military spouses.
Robin Stegall,…
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