Dietetics & Nutrition

Continuing Education Requirements

Licensees are required to complete continuing education in compliance with rule 4759-4-04:

• Registered dietitians must complete the continuing education required to hold current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration

• If the licensee is not a registered dietitian, the licensee must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two year registration period, and shall use and document a learning process for that registration period that is consistent with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

• Every two year registration period, all licensed dietitians are required to complete at least one hour of continuing education related to ethics or laws, rules, and regulations governing the practice of dietetics.

• Continuing education hours shall be earned by completing activities approved by the commission on dietetic registration, academy of nutrition and dietetics, or the Ohio academy of nutrition and dietetics.

Malnutrition Prevention Commission Report from the Ohio Department of Health

Click here for nutrition resources from the Ohio Department of Aging

Click here for the Revised 2017 Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists adopted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Code of Ethics