Florida SB 1154: Specialty License Plates/Orlando United

Bill Text

1154 
Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Act 
2026-01-06T04:09:02Z 
Prohibiting persons from engaging in specified conduct without holding the applicable license; revising exemptions from licensure requirements; revising the membership of the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Council; revising licensure requirements for dietitians and nutritionists; requiring that certain persons licensed as a dietitian/nutritionist or a nutrition counselor as of a specified date be issued a license to practice as a dietitian or nutritionist, as applicable, without meeting additional requirements, provided certain conditions are met, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1154 

 By Senator Bernard 

 24-01488-26 20261154__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Dietetics and Nutrition 
 3 Practice Act; amending s. 468.502, F.S.; revising 
 4 legislative findings, purpose, and intent; amending s. 
 5 468.503, F.S.; revising definitions and defining 
 6 terms; amending s. 468.504, F.S.; prohibiting persons 
 7 from engaging in specified conduct without holding the 
 8 applicable license; amending s. 468.505, F.S.; 
 9 revising exemptions from licensure requirements; 
 10 providing construction; deleting obsolete provisions; 
 11 amending s. 468.506, F.S.; revising the membership of 
 12 the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Council; amending 
 13 s. 468.509, F.S.; revising licensure requirements for 
 14 dietitians and nutritionists; providing that persons 
 15 licensed or who have applied for licensure before a 
 16 specified date remain licensed, eligible for 
 17 reactivation of licensure, or eligible for licensure, 
 18 as applicable, under requirements in effect at the 
 19 time of application, provided certain conditions are 
 20 met; requiring that certain persons licensed as a 
 21 dietitian/nutritionist or a nutrition counselor as of 
 22 a specified date be issued a license to practice as a 
 23 dietitian or nutritionist, as applicable, without 
 24 meeting additional requirements, provided certain 
 25 conditions are met; deleting obsolete provisions; 
 26 amending s. 468.51, F.S.; conforming a provision to 
 27 changes made by the act; amending s. 468.511, F.S.; 
 28 revising requirements for temporary permits to 
 29 practice as a dietitian or nutritionist; deleting 
 30 obsolete provisions; amending ss. 468.512 and 468.513, 
 31 F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the 
 32 act; amending s. 468.516, F.S.; specifying 
 33 requirements an individual must meet to be a qualified 
 34 supervisor for purposes of the act; deleting certain 
 35 practice requirements for dietitians and 
 36 nutritionists; amending ss. 468.517, 468.518, 
 37 381.00593, 501.0573, and 501.0575 F.S.; conforming 
 38 provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 
 39 effective date. 
 40 
 41 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 43 Section 1. Section 468.502, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 44 read: 
 45 468.502 Purpose and intent.—The Legislature finds that the 
 46 practice of dietetics and the practice of nutrition or nutrition 
 47 counseling by unskilled and incompetent practitioners present 
 48 presents a danger to the public health and safety. The 
 49 Legislature further finds that it is difficult for the public to 
 50 make informed choices about dietitians and nutritionists and 
 51 that the consequences of wrong choices could seriously endanger 
 52 the public health and safety. The sole legislative purpose in 
 53 enacting this part is to ensure that every person who practices 
 54 medical nutrition therapy dietetics and nutrition or nutrition 
 55 counseling in this state meets minimum requirements for safe 
 56 practice. It is the legislative intent that any person 
 57 practicing as a dietitian or nutritionist dietetics and 
 58 nutrition or nutrition counseling who falls below minimum 
 59 competency or who otherwise presents a danger to the public be 
 60 prohibited from practicing in this state. It is also the intent 
 61 of the Legislature that the practice of medical nutrition 
 62 therapy counseling be authorized and regulated solely within the 
 63 limits expressly provided by this part and any rules adopted 
 64 pursuant thereto. 
 65 Section 2. Section 468.503, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 66 read: 
 67 468.503 Definitions.—As used in this part: 
 68 (1) “Board” means the Board of Medicine. 
 69 (2) “Commission” means the Commission on Dietetic 
 70 Registration, the credentialing agency of the Academy of 
 71 Nutrition and Dietetics. 
 72 (3) “Complex,” with respect to a disease state, medical 
 73 condition, or clinical presentation, means requiring the 
 74 provision of medical nutrition therapy by a licensed dietitian 
 75 due to one or more of the following: 
 76 (a) Instability of the patient’s health status. 
 77 (b) The presence of multiple or interacting comorbidities. 
 78 (c)