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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 11A. DIETITIANS

43-11A-16. License requirement; registered dieticians.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Only a person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice under this chapter shall be engaged in dietetic practice or use the title “dietitian” or use the letters “LD” or any facsimile thereof or represent himself or herself to the public as a dietitian.#

  2. (b)

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code section, a person duly registered as a registered dietitian shall have the right to use the title “registered dietitian,” the designation “RD,” or any facsimile thereof.#

  3. (c)

    Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-11A-16, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1377, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 971, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 43.

Administrative rules and regulations

Licensure requirements, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians, Chapter 157-2.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch1-32-(v30)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V30, 2022 edition, page 454; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 0e619b1f34e2.