Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 21 - STATE BOARD OF NURSING › Subchapter G - DIETITIAN-NUTRITIONISTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.701 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						  subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the content clearly indicates
						  otherwise:
ACEND-Accreditation Council for Education in
						  Nutrition and Dietetics
-The organization recognized by the Council on
						  Higher Education Accreditation and the United States Department of Education as
						  the accrediting agency for education programs that prepare individuals for the
						  practice of dietetics-nutrition.
ACN
-American College of
						  Nutrition.
AND
-Academy of Nutrition and
						  Dietetics.
Act
-The Professional Nursing Law
						  (63
						  P.S. §§
													211- 225.5), which provides
						  for the licensing of Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionists.
Approved
-Approved by the Board.
Approved program
-Those educational
						  programs accredited by ACEND or the American Council on Education for
						  dietetics-nutrition education.
Board
-The State Board of Nursing of
						  the Commonwealth.
CBNS-Certification Board for Nutrition
						  Specialists
- The certification body of the ACN.
CDR-Commission on Dietetic
						  Registration
-The credentialing agency for the AND.
CDR-Commission on Dietetic
						  Registration
-The credentialing agency for the ADA.
CNS-Certified Nutrition Specialist
-The
						  title given to individuals who meet the requirements of the CBNS.
CPE
-Continuing professional education,
						  required by the act for biennial license renewal.
Deviate sexual intercourse
-The term as
						  defined in
						  18 Pa.C.S. §
													3101
						  (relating to definitions).
Indecent contact
-The term as defined
						  in
						  18 Pa.C.S. §
													3101.
LDN-Licensed dietitian-nutritionist
-A
						  person holding a current license under this subchapter to practice
						  dietetics-nutrition in this Commonwealth.
Patient
-A person upon whom or with
						  whom an LDN is practicing dietetics-nutrition, including a client. For purposes
						  of §
												21.704 (relating to matters
						  related to allegations of sexual impropriety or violation), any conduct
						  prohibited with a patient is also prohibited with an immediate family member or
						  spouse of a patient.
Professional relationship
-The
						  relationship through which a licensed dietitian-nutritionist provides
						  professional food and nutrition services to a patient. The relationship
						  continues, for purposes of § 21.704, for 30 days after termination of
						  professional services by either the licensed dietitian-nutritionist or the
						  patient.
RD-Registered Dietitian
-The title
						  given to an individual who meets the requirements set forth by the CDR.
Registration Examination for Registered
						  Dietitians
-A written academic examination developed, prepared,
						  administered and scored by the CDR.
Sexual impropriety
-The term includes
						  the following offenses:
(i) Making
						sexually demeaning or sexually suggestive comments about or to a patient,
						including comments about a patient's body or undergarments.
(ii) Exposing a patient's body or watching a
						patient dress or undress, unless the patient specifically requests
						assistance.
(iii) Examining or
						touching the body of a patient except in the appropriate performance of the
						LDN's practice.
(iv) Discussing or
						commenting on a patient's sexual history, preference or performance during
						consultation, except when the consultation is pertinent to the issue of sexual
						function or dysfunction or reproductive healthcare.
(v) Soliciting or accepting a date from a
						patient.
(vi) Discussing
						information about one's sexual problems, preferences or fantasies.
Sexual intercourse
-The term as defined
						  in
						  18 Pa.C.S. §
													3101.
Sexual violation
-The term includes the
						  following offenses:
(i) Engaging in
						sexual intercourse, indecent contact or deviate sexual intercourse with a
						patient during the professional relationship.
(ii) Encouraging the patient to masturbate in
						the presence of the dietitian-nutritionist or masturbating while a patient is
						present.
(iii) Providing or
						offering to provide drugs, herbs, nutritional supplements or treatment in
						exchange for indecent contact, sexual intercourse or deviate sexual
						intercourse.
(iv) Using or causing
						the use of any herb, nutritional supplement or drug affecting consciousness for
						the purpose of engaging in conduct that would constitute a sexual impropriety
						or sexual violation.
The provisions of this §
														21.701 amended under section
							 2.1(k) of The
							 Professional Nursing Law (63 P.S. §
															212.1(k)).