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(ii) Developing, establishing, and evaluating
nutritional care plans that establish priorities, goals, and
objectives for meeting nutrient needs for individuals or groups;

(iii) Nutrition counseling and education as a
part of preventive or restorative health care throughout the life
cycle; [and]

(iv) Determining, applying, and evaluating
standards for food and nutrition services; AND

(V) APPLYING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO THE ROLE OF
FOOD IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HEALTH AND THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE.

4.5-102.

The purpose of this title is to protect the lives and health
of the people of this State by:

(1)  Setting standards for the practice of dietetics;
and

(2)  Limiting the use of the title "LICENSED
dietitian" AND "LICENSED NUTRITIONIST" to individuals who meet
those standards.

4.5-103.

(a)  This title does not limit the right of an individual to
practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to
practice under this article.

(b)  This title does not limit the right of an individual or
group to provide services and information related to nonmedical
nutrition while:

(1)  Employed by or operating a health, weight loss,
or fitness program;

(2)  Employed by or operating a health food store;

(3)  Employed by or operating a business that sells
health products including dietary supplements, food, or food
materials, or provides nonmedical nutritional information or
distributes nutritional literature; or

(4)  Conducting classes or disseminating information
related to nonmedical nutrition.

(c)  This title does not limit the right of an individual to
provide services related only to the purchasing, preparation, and
service of food to groups of people.