SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1053
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT.
4414S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to dietitians.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 324, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 324.218, to read as 2
follows:3
324.218. 1. An applicant who has not previously taken 1
or passed an examination recognized by the committee and who 2
meets the qualifications of subsection 2 of section 324.210 3
may obtain without examination a nonrenewable temporary 4
license by paying a temporary license fee and submitting to 5
the committee an agreement -to-supervise form that is signed 6
by a licensed dietitian who has agreed to supervise the 7
applicant. Such temporary licensee m ay practice dietetics, 8
but any such practice shall be under the supervision of a 9
dietitian licensed in this state. 10
2. (1) Any dietitian who has agreed to supervise a 11
temporary licensee shall hold an unencumbered license to 12
practice dietetics in this state and shall provide the 13
committee proof of active dietetics practice in this state 14
for a minimum of one year before supervising the temporary 15
licensee. 16
(2) The supervising dietitian shall not be an 17
immediate family member of the temporar y licensee. The 18
committee shall define the term "immediate family member" 19 SB 1053 2
for purposes of this subdivision and the scope of such 20
supervision by rule. 21
3. (1) The dietitian who has agreed to supervise the 22
applicant for a temporary license shall s ubmit to the 23
committee a signed notarized form prescribed by the 24
committee attesting that the applicant for a temporary 25
license shall begin employment at a location in this state 26
within seven days of issuance of the temporary license. 27
(2) If the temporary licensee's employment described 28
in subdivision (1) of this subsection ceases, the 29
supervising dietitian shall notify the committee within 30
three days of such cessation. 31
4. A licensed dietitian shall not supervise more than 32
one temporary licensee at a time. 33
5. The temporary license obtained by an applicant 34
under this section shall expire the date the committee is 35
notified by the supervising dietitian that the temporary 36
licensee's employment has ceased or within one hundred 37
eighty days of its issuance, whichever occurs first. 38