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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
a. Licensed dietitian nutritionists and licensed nutritionists shall provide nutrition care services using systematic, evidence-based, and problem-solving methods to critically think and make decisions to address nutrition related problems, providing safe, effective, quality nutrition services, and medical nutrition therapy for patients and clients in both clinical and community settings.
b. A licensed dietitian nutritionist or licensed nutritionist may accept or transmit oral, verbal, delegated, or electronically transmitted orders from the referring provider consistent with applicable laws and rules in conjunction with protocols established to implement medical nutrition therapy.
c. A licensed dietitian nutritionist or licensed nutritionist may order patient diets, including therapeutic diets, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2019, c. 331 (C.45:16B-1 et al.). Therapeutic diets may include oral, enteral, or parenteral nutrition therapy. Enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy consist of specialized enteral or intravenous solutions and shall only be ordered by an individual licensed under P.L.2019, c. 331 (C.45:16B-1 et al.) who also meets one of the following criteria:
(1) the individual is a registered dietitian nutritionist registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration;
(2) the individual is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician certified by the National Board of Nutrition Support Certification; or
(3) the individual meets other requirements demonstrating competency at the novice level in evaluating and ordering enteral and parenteral therapy and administering enteral therapy, as published in the Revised 2017 Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.
d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of any other licensed health care provider in this State to order therapeutic diets, so long as the order of therapeutic diets falls within the scope of the license held by the health care provider.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 45. Professions and Occupations 45 § 16B-15 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-45-professions-and-occupations/nj-st-sect-45-16b-15/
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