Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 18.139 · 14 active provisions
The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of dietetics with the goal of improving public access to dietetics services. This compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure, while also providing for licensure po…
As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions apply:(1) "ACEND" means the accreditation council for education in nutrition and dietetics or its successor organization.(2) "Active military member" means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the Uni…
(1) To participate in the compact, a state must currently:(a) License and regulate the practice of dietetics; and(b) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensees.(2) A member state shall:(a) Participate fully in the compact commission's data system, including using the unique ide…
(1) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall:(a) Satisfy one of the following:(i) Hold a valid current registration that gives the applicant the right to use the term registered dietitian; or(ii) Complete all of the following:(A) An education program which is e…
(1) A licensee may hold a home state license, which allows for a compact privilege in other member states, in only one member state at a time.(2) If a licensee changes home state by moving between two member states:(a) The licensee shall file an application for obtaining a new home state license based on a compact priv…
An active military member, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty.
(1) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to:(a) Take adverse action against a licensee's compact privilege within that member state; and(b) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the…
(1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the dietitian licensure compact commission. The compact commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentali…
(1) The compact commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system.(2) The compact commission shall assign each applicant for a compact privilege a unique identifier, as determined by the rules.(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the co…
(1) The compact commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is invalid because the compact commi…
(1) Oversight:(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement this compact.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the compact commissi…
(1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state.(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the compact commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven member states ("charter member states") to determine…
(1) This compact and the compact commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be construed to limit the compact c…
(1) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact.(2) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.(3) All permissible agreem…