Wisconsin Administrative Code › Chiropractic Examining Board › Chapter Chir 12 - Nutritional Counseling Certification › Section Chir 12.03 - Approval of nutritional counseling education programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) To qualify for
			 board approval as a nutritional counseling education program, a program shall
			 meet all of the following minimum requirements:
(am) The program consists of a minimum of 48
			 hours of study in human nutrition.
(b) The program subject matter includes core
			 curriculum education in each of the following areas:
1. Nutrition counseling and initial screening
			 to include nutrition physical examination.
2. Diet history taking.
3. Analysis of laboratory data including
			 hair, saliva, urine, and blood samples.
4. Symptoms of severe vitamin and nutritional
			 deficiencies, and the toxicity of excess vitamin and mineral supplementation,
			 herbals, or other nutritional supplements.
5. Protein, carbohydrates, and fat
			 macronutrient needs, and symptoms of deficiencies of any of these
			 nutrients.
6. Vitamin recommended
			 daily allowances and dietary reference intakes.
7. Mineral and metals needs of the human body
			 and the biochemistry of essential and non-essential nutritional
			 supplements.
8. Fiber
			 needs.
9. The Codex Alimentarius
			 Commission.
10. The Dietary
			 Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 and related regulations.
Note:
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education
				Act of 1994 is also known as
				Public Law
				103-417.
11. Etiology of organ system dysfunction and
			 internal medicine diseases and conditions.
12. Supplements and nutrition.
13. The efficacy, safety, risks, and benefits
			 of glandular products, chelation therapy, and therapeutic enzymes.
14. Food composition and foods as a source of
			 vitamins.
15. Sports nutrition,
			 endurance, body building, and exercise physiology.
16. Weight management and control.
17. Contraindications, side effects, and
			 toxic effects of botanicals, nutritional supplements, and diet
			 products.
18. Nutrition across the
			 life cycle.
19. Nutrition relating
			 to infants, pregnancy, and lactation.
20. Geriatric nutritional needs.
21. Adolescent nutritional needs.
22. Male and female nutritional
			 needs.
23. Therapeutic use of
			 botanical medicine.
24. Food, drug,
			 and nutritional supplement interactions.
25. The safety, efficacy, risks, and benefits
			 of nutritional supplements.
(c) The program sponsor agrees to do all of
			 the following:
1. Provide a responsible person
			 to monitor and verify attendance at the program.
2. Keep records of attendance for at least 3
			 years from the date of the program.
3. Furnish each participant with evidence of
			 having attended the program.
(d) Any assignment or delegation of a program
			 sponsor's responsibilities to monitor or record attendance, provide evidence of
			 attendance, compare course content with subject matter content required under
			 sub. (1) (b), or provide information on instructors or other aspects of the
			 program is specifically identified in the application under sub. (2) and
			 approved by the board.
(e) The
			 program sponsor has reviewed and validated the program's content to ensure its
			 compliance with par. (b).
(f) Any
			 course instructor that is on the undergraduate or postgraduate faculty of a
			 chiropractic college has been appointed in accordance with the accreditation
			 standards of the Council on Chiropractic Education.
(g) The program offers significant
			 professional educational benefit for participants, as determined by the
			 board.
(h) The instructor is
			 qualified to present the course.
(i) The program includes a written assessment
			 instrument that is designed to ensure the chiropractor actively participated in
			 the presentation of material and derived a measurable benefit from
			 participation. There shall be an assessment or test at the conclusion of each
			 12 hours of study. A score of 75% or higher shall be considered a passing
			 score.
(j) The program contains a
			 reasonable security procedure to ensure the chiropractor enrolled is the actual
			 participant.