The following terms and phrases apply to all rules promulgated by the Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board, unless a specific paragraph in the Dietetics Practice Act, Arkansas Code § 17-83-101 et seq., defines or uses the word or term in a different manner:

1. (1) “Academy” means the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics;

2. (2) “Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)” means the Commission on Dietetic Registration that is a:

   1. (A) National certifying agency for voluntary professional credentialing in dietetics; and
   2. (B) Member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence;
3. (3) “Degree” means a degree received from a United States college or university that was regionally accredited at the time the degree was conferred;
4. (4) “Dietetics practice” means the integration and application of the principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, food, physiology, management, and behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain people’s health through the provision of nutrition care services;
5. (5) “Dietitian” means one engaged in dietetics practice;
6. (6) “Examination” means the examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration;

7. (7) “Institute for Credentialing Excellence” means the national organization that:

   1. (A) Establishes national standards for certifying bodies that attest to the competence of individuals who participate in the healthcare delivery system;
   2. (B) Grants recognition to certifying bodies that voluntarily apply and meet the established standards; and
   3. (C) Monitors the adherence to those standards by the certifying bodies that it has recognized;
8. (8) “Licensed dietitian (LD)” means a person licensed under the Dietetics Practice Act, Arkansas Code § 17-83-101 et seq.;

9. (9) “Nutrition care services” means:

   1. (A) Assessing the nutritional needs of individuals and groups of humans and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting;

   2. (B) Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives that:

      1. (i) Meet nutritional needs of humans; and
      2. (ii) Are consistent with available resources and constraints;
   3. (C) Providing nutrition counseling to humans in health and disease;
   4. (D) Developing, implementing, and managing nutrition care of, and food service systems for, humans; and
   5. (E) Evaluating, making changes in, and maintaining appropriate standards for quality in food and nutrition care services for humans;
10. (10) “Provisional licensed dietitian (PLD)” means a person provisionally licensed under the Dietetics Practice Act, Arkansas Code § 17-83-101 et seq.; and
11. (11) “Registered dietitian” means a person registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.