SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 701.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Licensed Dietitian Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
SUBCHAPTER B DIETITIANS ADVISORY BOARD
- Texas Section 701.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the Dietitians Advisory Board. (1-a) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. (2) "Department" means the...
- Texas Section 701.051 - Dietitians Advisory Board Membership
(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission as follows: (1)...
- Texas Section 701.0511 - Duties Of Advisory Board
The advisory board shall provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter. Added by Acts 2015,...
- Texas Section 701.054 - Terms; Vacancies
(a) Members of the advisory board serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of three members begin on September 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) If...
- Texas Section 701.055 - Grounds For Removal
(a) It is a ground for removal from the dietitians board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the...
- Texas Section 701.057 - Presiding Officer
The presiding officer of the commission shall designate a member of the advisory board as the presiding officer of the advisory board to serve for...
SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 701.058 - Meetings
The advisory board shall meet at the call of the presiding officer of the commission or the executive director. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
- Texas Section 701.151 - General Powers And Duties
(a) The executive director shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The department shall: (1) adopt an official seal; (2) adopt and publish a code...
- Texas Section 701.1511 - Registry
The department shall prepare a registry of licensed dietitians and provisional licensed dietitians and make the registry available to the public, license holders, and appropriate...
- Texas Section 701.154 - Amount Of Fees
The commission may not set a fee that existed on September 1, 1993, in an amount that is less than the amount of that fee...
SUBCHAPTER E COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 701.155 - Seal
(a) The commission by rule may require a license holder to: (1) obtain a seal authorized by the department bearing the license holder's name and...
SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 701.2041 - Confidentiality Of Complaint And Disciplinary Information
(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(203), eff. September 1, 2015. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 701.251 - License Required; Commission Registration
(a) In this section, "Commission on Dietetic Registration" means the commission that is a member of the National Commission on Health Certifying Agencies. (b) Unless...
- Texas Section 701.252 - License Application
(a) Each applicant for a dietitian license must submit an application in the manner and on a form prescribed by the executive director accompanied by...
- Texas Section 701.253 - License Examination
(a) In this section, "Commission on Dietetic Registration" has the meaning assigned by Section 701.251(a). (b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an applicant must...
- Texas Section 701.254 - Qualifications For Examination
To qualify for the licensing examination under this chapter, an applicant must: (1) possess a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree, conferred by a college or university...
- Texas Section 701.255 - Investigation
(a) Not later than the 45th day after the date a properly submitted and timely application is received and not later than the 30th day...
- Texas Section 701.257 - Reexamination For Licensing Examination
An applicant who fails the licensing examination three times must provide evidence to the dietitians board that the applicant has successfully completed credit hours in...
- Texas Section 701.2575 - Jurisprudence Examination
(a) The department shall develop and administer at least twice each calendar year a jurisprudence examination to determine an applicant's knowledge of this chapter, commission...
- Texas Section 701.258 - Qualified Person Entitled To License
The department shall issue a license as a licensed dietitian to a person qualified for a license under this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 701.259 - Provisional License
(a) The department may issue a license to use the title "provisional licensed dietitian" to an applicant who files an application, pays an application fee,...
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSE RENEWAL
- Texas Section 701.260 - Temporary License
(a) On receipt of an application and payment of an application fee, the department may grant a temporary license to an applicant who: (1) is...
- Texas Section 701.301 - License Renewal
(a) A license is valid for two years after the date of issuance and may be renewed biennially. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 701.303 - Continuing Education
(a) The commission by rule shall establish a minimum number of hours of continuing education required for license renewal under this chapter. (b) The commission...
SUBCHAPTER H PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 701.304 - Grounds For Refusing Renewal
The commission or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed under Subchapter K, unless...
- Texas Section 701.351 - Display Of License
(a) A license holder shall display the person's license in an appropriate and public manner as prescribed by commission rule. (b) A license issued by...
- Texas Section 701.352 - License Holder Information
A license holder shall keep the department informed of the license holder's current address as provided by commission rule. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
SUBCHAPTER I DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 701.353 - Prohibited Use Of Seal
(a) A person may not use a seal authorized by the department unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter. (b) A person...
- Texas Section 701.401 - Grounds For Disciplinary Action
The commission or executive director shall refuse to renew a license, revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been...
SUBCHAPTER J PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 701.403 - Sanctions
The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall use the schedule of sanctions adopted by the commission by rule for a sanction imposed as the result...
SUBCHAPTER K ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
- Texas Section 701.451 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 701.251. (b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 701.353(a)....
- Texas Section 701.502 - Amount Of Administrative Penalty
(a) The amount of an administrative penalty imposed for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may...
- Texas Section 701.512 - Refund
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the commission or executive director may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in...