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    Maryland Department of Health
    Board of Dietetic Practice

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    ​DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORMS

    INITIAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS


    1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

    Online Applications – CLICK HERE
    Paper Applications – CLICK HERE

    2.  VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION - Include either your Commission on Dietetic Registration (RD) OR Board for the Certification of Nutrition Specialists (CNS) number.

    3.  FEES

    **ONLINE APPLICATION:- Applicants pay the one-time fee $300 (application and licensure fees.) Fees are not refundable.

    1. Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment OR
    2. Select PAYMENT BY MAIL.  You may mail a check or money order in the amount of $300 made payable to the Maryland Board of Dietetic Practice. Your license will not be processed until payment is received.

    **PAPER APPLICATION: - Applicants mail a check or money order in the amount of $75 made payable to the Maryland Board of Dietetic Practice. (Applicants may submit the $75 application fee and $225 licensure fee at the same time.  Fees are not refundable – Make sure you meet the licensure requirements and submit a complete application if you are mailing $300.)
    Your license will not be processed until payment is received.

     

    4.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) or mailed directly to the Board.

    -TRANSCRIPT - An official transcript from an accredited college or university of your Dietetic or Nutrition education mailed directly to the Board Office from the Registrar or the University or College.

    A)           Academic Requirements - For Licensure as a Dietitian (RD)
    A baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college, for the field of dietetics, including a
    minimum of 24 semester hours in the field of human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management.  Of these 24 semester hours, at least 3 semester hours shall be from each of the following areas:
    (i)   Upper-division human nutrition related to disease;
    (ii)  Upper-Division food service systems management;
    (iii) Biochemistry or physiological chemistry, or advanced normal human nutrition; and
    (iv) Food science

    (B)          Academic Requirements - For Licensure as a Nutritionist (CNS)
    A master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in nutrition sciences with (emphasis in human), food and nutrition, dietetics, community nutrition, public health nutrition, or equivalent academic training such as nutrition education and food science.


    REACTIVATION APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

    *THIS IS ONLY FOR APPLICANTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLEY APPLIED FOR INACTIVE STATUS AND WANT TO REACTIVATE A LICENSE.

    1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

    ONLINE APPLCIANTS CLICK HERE

    PAPER APPLICATION - CLICK HERE

    2.  FEES –$150 Reactivation Fee. Fees are not refundable.

    Payment Methods:

    1. Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) OR
    2. Select PAYMENT BY MAIL.  You may mail a check or money order in the amount of $150 made payable to the Maryland Board of Dietetic Practice. Your license will not be processed until payment is received.

    4.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) or mail directly to the Board. You must submit proof of competition of 15 continuing education units for each year your license was Inactive. You can check whether you are on Inactive Status via the Board's website at:
    www.health.maryland.gov/dietetic
    Click “Verify a license.”  You can enter your last name or license number to search your status.

     

    REINSTATEMENT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

    *If your licensed expired less than 5 years ago, you must reinstate your license to practice dietetics in Maryland. If your license expired over 5 years ago, you are considered a new applicant (See Initial Application Instructions)

    1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

    ONLINE APPLCIANTS - CLICK HERE

    PAPER APPLICATION - CLICK HERE

    2.  FEES –$576 Reinstatement Fee. Fees are not refundable.

    Payment Methods:

    1. Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) OR
    2. Select PAYMENT BY MAIL.  You may mail a check or money order in the amount of $576 made payable to the Maryland Board of Dietetic Practice. Your license will not be processed until payment is received.

    4.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) or mail directly to the Board. You must submit proof of competition of 15 continuing education units for each year your license lapsed. You can check when your license expired via the Board's website at:
    www.health.maryland.gov/dietetic
    Click “Verify a license.”  You can enter your last name or license number to search your status.