BILL NUMBER: AB 769	CHAPTERED  07/15/03

	CHAPTER  69
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 15, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 15, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 24, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maddox

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to add Sections 2586.2, 2586.4, 2586.6, and 2586.8 to the
Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 769, Maddox.  Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians,
registered.
   Under existing law, in order to use the title registered dietitian
or dietetic technician, registered, a person is required to complete
a certain number of hours in a supervised practice program.
   This bill would authorize a person to perform certain regulated
activities as part of his or her supervised practice program for a
registered dietitian or dietetic technician, registered, subject to
certain requirements, including enrollment in or completion of a
specified course curriculum.  The bill would also authorize a person
who has applied to take the required examination for a registered
dietitian or dietetic technician, registered to perform certain
regulated activities under a registered dietitian's direct and
immediate supervision for 6 months while waiting for an examination
date, subject to specified requirements.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2586.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2586.2.  A person may engage in the activities set forth in
subdivision (a) of Section 2586 if the person meets both of the
following requirements:
   (a) The person is engaged in the activities as part of a
supervised practice program for a registered dietitian pursuant to
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 2585.

   (b) The person is enrolled in or has completed a course of study
to fulfill the educational requirements for a registered dietitian in
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
2585.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2586.4 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2586.4.  A person may engage in the activities set forth in
subdivision (d) of Section 2586 if the person meets both of the
following requirements:
   (a) The person is engaged in the activities as part of a
supervised practice program for a dietetic technician pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 2585.
   (b) The person is enrolled in or has completed a course of study
to fulfill the educational requirements for a dietetic technician in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2585.
  SEC. 3.  Section 2586.6 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2586.6.  A person may engage in the activities set forth in
subdivision (a) of Section 2586 for six months from the date that he
or she completed a supervised practice program, or until the person
receives notice that he or she failed the examination specified in
subdivision (d), whichever occurs first, if all of the following
conditions apply:
   (a) The person performs under the direct and immediate supervision
of a registered dietitian.
   (b) The person has completed the supervised practice program
requirements under subdivision (a) of Section 2585.
   (c) The person has written verification, including the program
director's original signature, that the person has completed the
required supervised practice program.
   (d) The person has applied to take the registered dietitian
examination specified in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 2585 and is waiting for an examination
date.
  SEC. 4.  Section 2586.8 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2586.8.  A person may engage in the activities set forth in
subdivision (d) of Section 2586 for six months from the date he or
she completed the supervised practice program for dietetic
technicians, or until the person receives notice that he or she has
failed the examination specified in subdivision (d), whichever occurs
first, if all of the following conditions apply:
   (a) The person performs under the direct and immediate supervision
of a registered dietitian.
   (b) The person has completed the supervised practice program
requirements under subdivision (b) of Section 2585.
   (c) The person has written verification, including the program
director's original signature, that the person has completed the
required supervised practice.
   (d) The person has applied to take the dietetic technician
examination specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section
2585 and is waiting for an examination date.