00                             SENATE BILL NO. 213                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the qualifications for licensure as a nutritionist; and providing for                               
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.38.030 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 08.38.030.  Nutritionist licensure.  The department shall issue a                                     
06       nutritionist license to an individual who pays the required fee, applies on a form                                
07       provided by the department, and submits evidence satisfactory to the department that                              
08       the individual [EITHER]                                                                                           
09                 (1)  has qualified as a diplomate of the American Board of Nutrition or                                 
10       as a Certified Nutrition Specialist with the Certification Board for Nutrition                                    
11       Specialists; [OR]                                                                                                 
12                 (2)  has passed the national board examination for nutritionists                                    
13       administered by the National Nutrition Education Testing Association, Inc.; or                                
14                 (3)  meets the following qualifications:                                                            
01                      (A)  has received a master's or doctoral degree from an                                            
02            accredited college or university with a major in human nutrition, public health                              
03            nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition, or food                             
04            and nutrition; and                                                                                           
05                      (B)  has completed a documented work experience in human                                           
06            nutrition or human nutrition research of at least 900 hours.                                                 
07    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).