West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 31 - Dietitians › Title 31 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF LICENSED DIETITIANS › Series 31-02 - Code Of Professional Ethics › Section 31-2-3 - Code of Ethics

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. A
				licensed dietitian shall provide professional services with objectivity and
				with respect to the dietetic and nutritional needs and values of an
				individual.
3.2. A licensed
				dietitian shall avoid discrimination on the basis of factors that are
				irrelevant to provision of professional services, including, but not limited
				to: race, creed, sex, age or handicap.
3.3. A licensed dietitian shall accurately
				present professional qualifications and credentials.
3.4. A licensed dietitian shall permit the
				use of his or her name for the purpose of certifying that dietetic and
				nutritional services have been rendered only if the licensed dietitian has
				provided or supervised those services.
3.5. A licensed dietitian shall remain free
				of conflict of interest while fulfilling the objectives and maintaining the
				integrity of the dietetic profession.
3.6. A licensed dietitian shall advance and
				promote the profession while maintaining professional judgement, honesty,
				integrity and trust to colleagues, clients, and the public.
3.7. A licensed dietitian shall promote or
				endorse products only in a manner that is true and not misleading.
3.8. A licensed dietitian shall evaluate the
				dietetic and nutritional needs of individuals and groups based upon appropriate
				biochemical, physical, and dietary data.
3.9. A licensed dietitian shall advise and
				assist individuals and groups on appropriate nutrition intake as components of
				preventive, curative, and restorative health care by integrating information
				about nutrition assessment with information on food and other sources of
				nutrition and meal preparation consistent with the individual's or group's
				cultural background and socio-economic status.
3.10. A licensed dietitian shall integrate
				and apply scientific principles of food, nutrition, biochemistry, physiology
				and management, and the behavioral and social sciences in achieving and
				maintaining the health of people through the life cycle and in the treatment of
				disease.
3.11. A licensed dietitian
				shall implement methods of practice to include nutrition assessments;
				development, implementation, management and evaluation of nutrition care plans,
				nutrition counseling and education; and the development and administration of
				nutrition care standards and systems.
3.12. A licensed dietitian shall establish
				standards to include:
3.12.a. Assessing
				dietetic and nutritional needs of individuals and groups, and determining
				resources and constraints in the practice setting;
3.12.b. Establishing priorities, goals and
				objectives that meet dietetic and nutritional needs that are consistent with
				available resources and constraints;
3.12.c. Providing dietetic and nutritional
				counseling in health and disease;
3.12.d. Developing, implementing, managing
				and evaluating appropriate dietetic and nutritional care systems; and
3.12.e. Developing, evaluating, altering and
				maintaining appropriate standards of quality in food and dietetic and
				nutritional care services.