Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B8 - Board of Medicine › Chapter 64B8-44 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE › Section 64B8-44.007 - Standards of Practice

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Licensees, under Chapter 468, Part X, F.S., shall comply with
				  the following standards in their professional practice and conduct.
(1) The licensee shall maintain
				confidentiality of information.
(2)
				The licensee shall recognize and exercise professional judgement within the
				limits of the licensee's qualifications and seek counsel or make referrals as
				appropriate.
(3) The licensee shall
				take reasonable action to inform a patient's physician or encourage the patient
				to consult the physician where a patient's nutritional status indicated a
				change in health status or new information about the health status has
				surfaced. This shall be documented in the patient's record.
(4) The licensee shall accurately present
				professional qualifications and credentials. The licensee shall use "LD, " "LN,
				" "LNC, " "RD" or "Registered Dietition, " or "RDN" only when licensure is
				current and authorized by the Council, Board, and Department.
(5) The licensee shall permit use of that
				licensee's name to certify that professional services have been rendered only
				if the licensee has provided or supervised those services.
(6) The licensee shall be responsible for all
				delegated acts performed by persons under either direct or indirect
				supervision. Supervision means the licensee oversees the activities of those
				persons and gives final approval to any procedures by non-licensed supportive
				personnel. Direct supervision means onsite supervision.
(7) Licensees may order analyses but may not
				directly collect human specimen samples.
(8) Any modality such as naturopathy or
				colonic irrigation shall be performed only if the individual is properly
				licensed by the Department. These practices are not within the scope of
				dietetics/nutrition practice.
(9)
				The licensee's initial nutritional assessment of a patient must be done in a
				face-to-face setting, and may not be done by telephone, fax, or internet,
				except through use of a two point or multiple point video-conferencing system
				to provide each participant with a video camera, microphone and speakers which
				allow video and audio communication between all participants as if they were
				virtually seated in the same room. Communication between the patient and the
				licensee subsequent to the initial nutritional assessment may be accomplished
				either face-to-face or by other means, in the reasonable clinical judgment of
				the licensee. Federal programs that are federally funded are exempt from this
				subsection, so long as the administration of the program follows the dictates
				of the federal statutes and rules applicable to the
				program.
Rulemaking Authority
					 468.507,
					 468.518(1)(k)
					 FS. Law Implemented 468.503(4),
					 468.518
					 FS.
New 6-22-94, Formerly 61F6-50.007, Amended 2-20-96,
					 Formerly 59R-44.007, Amended 7-14-03, 4-26-04, 1-8-07, Amended 7-6-10, 7-13-16,
					 4-26-21.