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Board votes to accept several states as substantially equivalent, tables others and declines two
Summary
The board approved recognizing licensure from six states as substantially equivalent, tabled review of three states for more information, and voted not to accept New York and Illinois as substantially equivalent for dietitian licensure.
The Board of Licensure Dietitians reviewed an endorsement chart under 10 M.R.S. § 8003-H and voted on whether other states meet substantially equivalent qualifications for licensure. Motions passed to accept Florida, Iowa, Texas, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Indiana as substantially equivalent; each acceptance carried with a recorded "Vote: 4 in favor."
The board also voted to table Kansas, Georgia and Arkansas to allow staff to gather additional information needed to determine equivalency. In separate motions the board voted not to accept New York and Illinois as substantially equivalent for licensure as a dietitian. The minutes record each motion and its result but do not include the staff analyses or the specific criteria that led to each determination.
Board members treated the endorsements as discrete motions by state; the minutes record the mover and seconder for each motion but do not record any dissenting remarks or detailed rationale for the determinations.
