Ch. 439                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 439
(Senate Bill 110)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Dietetic Practice - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation

FOR the purpose of continuing the State Board of Dietetic Practice in accordance with
the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (Sunset Law) by
extending to a certain date the termination of provisions relating to the
statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; altering the composition of the
Board; altering the nomination process for licensed Board member vacancies;
eliminating separate licenses for dietitians and nutritionists; creating a single
license for the practice of dietetics; altering certain requirements for licensure;
altering certain prohibitions against using certain titles, words, or terms under
certain circumstances; requiring that an evaluation of the Board and the
statutes and regulations that relate to the Board be performed on or before a
certain date; requiring the Board and the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene to submit a certain report to certain committees on or before a certain
date; providing continuity for the remainder of the terms for certain Board
members; providing continuity of licensure for certain licensed dietitians and
licensed nutritionists; providing for renewal of certain licensed dietitians and
licensed nutritionists as licensed dietitian-nutritionists; providing for
reinstatement as a licensed dietitian-nutritionist for certain licensed dietitians
and licensed nutritionists; defining certain terms; altering certain definitions;
and generally relating to the State Board of Dietetic Practice.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Health Occupations
Section 5-101, 5-102, 5-202, 5-205, 5-301 through 5-303, 5-309, 5-314, 5-402,

5-501, and 5-502 to be under the amended title "Title 5. Licensed

Dietitian-Nutritionists"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 5-103, 5-201, 5-203, 5-204, 5-206, 5-304 through 5-308, 5-310

through 5-313, 5-401, and 5-403
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 8-403(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

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