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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2088
Chapter 18, Laws of 2026
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2028
Passed by the House February 10, 2026
Yeas 93 Nays 1
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 3, 2026
Yeas 48 Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby
certify that the attached is
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2088 as
passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Approved March 11, 2026 10:10 AM FILED
March 12, 2026
BOB FERGUSON
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the dietitian licensure compact; adding a new 1
chapter to Title 18 RCW; and providing an effective date.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The purpose of this compact is to 4
facilitate interstate practice of dietetics with the goal of 5
improving public access to dietetics services. This compact preserves 6
the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and 7
safety through the current system of state licensure, while also 8
providing for licensure portability through a compact privilege 9
granted to qualifying professionals.10
This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:11
(1) Increase public access to dietetics services;12
(2) Provide opportunities for interstate practice by licensed 13
dietitians who meet uniform requirements;14
(3) Eliminate the necessity for licenses in multiple states;15
(4) Reduce administrative burden on member states and licensees;16
(5) Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health 17
and safety;18
(6) Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating 19
multistate practice of licensed dietitians;20
(7) Support relocating active military members and their spouses;21
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2088
Passed Legislature - 2026 Regular Session
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By House Postsecondary Education & Workforce (originally sponsored by
Representatives Leavitt, Keaton, Barnard, Timmons, Reed, Jacobsen,
Ryu, Zahn, Richards, Doglio, Simmons, Reeves, Macri, Pollet, and
Bernbaum)
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(8) Enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and 1
disciplinary information among member states; and2
(9) Vest all member states with the authority to hold a licensed 3
dietitian accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the 4
state in which the patient is located at the time care is rendered.5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. As used in this compact, and except as 6
otherwise provided, the following definitions apply:7
(1) "ACEND" means the accreditation council for education in 8
nutrition and dietetics or its successor organization.9
(2) "Active military member" means any individual with full-time 10
duty status in the active armed forces of the United states, 11
including members of the national guard and reserve.12
(3) "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, 13
or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a 14
licensing authority or other authority against a licensee, including 15
actions against an individual's license or compact privilege such as 16
revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, 17
limitation on the licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on 18
licensure affecting a licensee's authorization to practice, including 19
issuance of a cease and desist action.20
(4) "Alternative program" means a nondisciplinary monitoring or 21
practice remediation process approved by a licensing authority.22
(5) "Charter member state" means any member state which enacted 23
this compact by law before the effective date specified in section 12 24
of this act.25
(6) "Continuing education" means a requirement, as a condition of 26
license renewal, to provide evidence of participation in, and 27
completion of, educational and professional activities relevant to 28
practice or area of work.29
(7) "CDR" means the commission on dietetic registration or its 30
successor organization.31
(8) "Compact commission" means the government agency whose 32
membership consists of all states that have enacted this compact, 33
which is known as the dietitian licensure compact commission, as 34
described in section 8 of this act, and which shall operate as an 35
instrumentality of the member states.36
(9) "Compact privilege" means a legal authorization, which is 37
equivalent to a license, permitting the practice of dietetics in a 38
remote state.39
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(10) "Current significant investigative information" means:1
(a) Investigative information that a licensing authority, after a 2
preliminary inquiry that includes notification and an opportunity for 3
the subject licensee to respond, if