Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1245 - DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST PRACTICE ACT › Subpart D - GENERAL › Section 1245.330 - Unprofessional Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The
				Department may suspend or revoke a license, refuse to issue or renew a license
				or take other disciplinary action based upon its finding of "unethical,
				unauthorized, or unprofessional conduct" within the meaning of Section 95 of
				the Act, which is interpreted to include, but is not limited to, the following
				acts or practices:
1) Discriminating against
				clients on the basis of race, gender, religion, age, national origin, political
				affiliation, social or economic status, choice of lifestyle or sexual
				orientation;
2) Promoting or
				endorsing products in a manner that is not true or is misleading;
3) Permitting the use of his or her name to
				certify that professional services have been rendered when the licensee has not
				provided or supervised those services. When providing supervision the licensee
				shall assume responsibility for the actions of any person under their
				supervision;
4) Making gross or
				deliberate misrepresentations or misleading claims as to his or her
				professional qualifications or of the efficacy or value of his or her nutrition
				services, or those of another practitioner;
5) Submission of fraudulent claims for
				services to any health insurance company or health service plan or third party
				payor;
6) Refusing to divulge to
				the Department techniques or procedures used in his or her professional
				activities upon request;
7)
				Practicing or offering to practice beyond one's competency (for example,
				providing services and techniques for which one is not qualified by education,
				training and experience);
8)
				Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving from any person, firm or
				corporation any fee, commission, rebate or other form of compensation for any
				professional services not actually rendered;
9) Making false or misleading statements
				designed to induce a client to purchase services, goods, appliances or drugs as
				to exploit the client for the financial gain of the licensee or of a third
				party;
10) Failing to make
				available to a client, upon request, copies of documents in the possession or
				under the control of the licensee that have been prepared for and paid for by
				the client;
11) Revealing of
				personally identifiable facts, data or information obtained in a professional
				capacity without the prior consent of the client, except as authorized or
				required by law;
12) Delegating
				professional responsibilities to a person when the licensee delegating those
				responsibilities knows or has reason to know that the person is not qualified,
				by training, by experience or by licensure, to perform them;
13) Performing professional services that
				have not been duly authorized by the client or his or her legal
				representative;
14) Failing to
				comply with the following applicable designation:
A) the 2009 American Dietetic
				Association/Commission on Dietetic
Registration Code of Ethics for the Profession of Dietetics
				  and Process for Consideration of Ethics Issues, published July 22, 2009 by the
				  Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000,
				  Chicago, Illinois, are hereby incorporated by reference with no later
				  amendments or editions;
B)
				the 2004 American Clinical Board of Nutrition Certification Agreement,
				published December 1, 2005 by the American Clinical Board of Nutrition
				Certification, 6855 Browntown Road, Front Royal, Virginia 22630, are hereby
				incorporated by reference with no later amendments or editions;
C) the Certified Clinical Nutritionist Code
				of Professional Ethics and Responsibility, published December 15, 1991 by the
				Clinical Nutrition Certification Board, 15280 Addison Road, Suite 130, Addison,
				Texas 75001, are hereby incorporated by reference with no later amendments or
				editions; or
D) the Board for
				Certification of Nutrition Specialists 2013 Code of Ethics and Professional
				Conduct, effective July 23, 2013, published by the Board for Certification of
				Nutrition Specialists, 4707 Willow Springs Road, Suite 207, La Grange, Illinois
				60525, are hereby incorporated by reference with no later amendments or
				editions.