The profession of dietetics includes six primary areas of expertise: clinical, educational, management, consultation, community and research; and includes without limitation the development, management, and provision of nutrition services, as follows:

1. (1) planning, developing, controlling, and evaluating food service systems;
2. (2) coordinating and integrating clinical and administrative aspects of dietetics to provide quality nutrition care;
3. (3) establishing and maintaining standards of food production, service, sanitation, safety, and security;
4. (4) planning, conducting, and evaluating educational programs relating to nutrition care;
5. (5) developing menu patterns and evaluating them for nutritional adequacy;
6. (6) planning layout designs and determining equipment requirements for food service facilities;
7. (7) developing specifications for the procurement of food and food service equipment and supplies;
8. (8) developing and implementing plans of nutrition care for individuals based on assessment of nutrition needs;
9. (9) counseling individuals, families, and groups in nutrition principles, dietary plans, and food selection and economics;
10. (10) communicating appropriate diet history and nutrition intervention data through medical record systems;
11. (11) participating with physicians and allied health personnel as the provider of nutrition care;
12. (12) planning, conducting or participating in, and interpreting, evaluating, and utilizing pertinent current research related to nutrition care;
13. (13) providing consultation and nutrition care to community groups and identifying and evaluating needs to establish priorities for community nutrition programs;
14. (14) publishing and evaluating technical and lay food and nutrition publications for all age, socioeconomic, and ethnic groups; and
15. (15) planning, conducting, and evaluating dietary studies and participating in nutrition and epidemiologic studies with a nutrition component.

Source Note:The provisions of this §116.140 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4481.