Section 36-10B-2 - Licensing and designation.
36-10B-2. Licensing and designation. Except as provided in § 36-10B-15, no person may practice nutrition and dietetics or provide nutrition care services unless licensed or otherwise authorized to practice under this chapter. No person may practice as a licensed nutritionist, use the title nutritionist, dietitian, or licensed nutritionist, or use the abbreviation LN, unless licensed under this chapter. A licensed nutritionist may use the title licensed nutritionist and the abbreviation LN. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
A dietitian registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration may use the title registered dietitian and the designation RD.
Source: SL 1996, ch 240, § 2.