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| 2 | 2 | | SECOND REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 1053 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4414S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to dietitians. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Section A. Chapter 324, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1 |
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| 12 | 12 | | one new section, to be known as section 324.218, to read as 2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows:3 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 324.218. 1. An applicant who has not previously taken 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | or passed an examination recognized by the committee and who 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | meets the qualifications of subsection 2 of section 324.210 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | may obtain without examination a nonrenewable temporary 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | license by paying a temporary license fee and submitting to 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the committee an agreement -to-supervise form that is signed 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | by a licensed dietitian who has agreed to supervise the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | applicant. Such temporary licensee m ay practice dietetics, 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | but any such practice shall be under the supervision of a 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | dietitian licensed in this state. 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2. (1) Any dietitian who has agreed to supervise a 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | temporary licensee shall hold an unencumbered license to 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | practice dietetics in this state and shall provide the 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | committee proof of active dietetics practice in this state 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | for a minimum of one year before supervising the temporary 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | licensee. 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) The supervising dietitian shall not be an 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | immediate family member of the temporar y licensee. The 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | committee shall define the term "immediate family member" 19 SB 1053 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | for purposes of this subdivision and the scope of such 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | supervision by rule. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3. (1) The dietitian who has agreed to supervise the 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | applicant for a temporary license shall s ubmit to the 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | committee a signed notarized form prescribed by the 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | committee attesting that the applicant for a temporary 25 |
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| 39 | 39 | | license shall begin employment at a location in this state 26 |
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| 40 | 40 | | within seven days of issuance of the temporary license. 27 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) If the temporary licensee's employment described 28 |
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| 42 | 42 | | in subdivision (1) of this subsection ceases, the 29 |
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| 43 | 43 | | supervising dietitian shall notify the committee within 30 |
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| 44 | 44 | | three days of such cessation. 31 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 4. A licensed dietitian shall not supervise more than 32 |
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| 46 | 46 | | one temporary licensee at a time. 33 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 5. The temporary license obtained by an applicant 34 |
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| 48 | 48 | | under this section shall expire the date the committee is 35 |
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| 49 | 49 | | notified by the supervising dietitian that the temporary 36 |
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| 50 | 50 | | licensee's employment has ceased or within one hundred 37 |
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| 51 | 51 | | eighty days of its issuance, whichever occurs first. 38 |
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