Title 34 — Title 34

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of dietetics with the goal of improving public access to dietetics services. This compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state lice…

(a) The compact commission shall adopt reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of this compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule …

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement this compact. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proc…

(a) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state. (1) On or after the effective date of the compact, the compact commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven member stat…

(a) This compact and the compact commission’s rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, implementation, and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the adoption of rules shall not be con…

(a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) Any laws, statutes, rules, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the exten…

Except as to judicial proceedings for the enforcement of this compact among member states, individuals may pursue judicial proceedings related to this compact in any Alabama state or federal court that would otherwise have competent jurisdiction. History: (Act 2024-366, §1.)

As used in this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACEND. The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics or its successor organization. (2) ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBER. Any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces …

(a) To participate in the compact, a state must currently license and regulate the practice of dietetics and have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensees. (b) A member state shall: (1) Participate fully in the compact commission’s data syst…

(a) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (1) Satisfy one of the following: a. Hold a valid current registration that gives the applicant the right to use the term “registered dietitian”; or b. Complete all of the fol…

(a) A licensee may hold a home state license, which allows for a compact privilege in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (b) If a licensee changes his or her home state by moving between two member states: (1) The licensee shall file an application for obtai…

An active military member, or his or her spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. History: (Act 2024-366, §1.)

(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to do both of the following: (1) Take adverse action against a licensee’s compact privilege within that member state. (2) Issue …

(a) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint governmental agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the Dietitian Licensure Compact Commission. The compact commission is an instrumentality of the compact stat…

(a) The compact commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system. (b) The compact commission shall assign each applicant for a compact privilege a unique identifier, as determined by the rules. (c) Notwithstanding …