{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-353","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-353","heading":"Creation of Board.","body":"(a)\tThe North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is created.\n(a1)\tThe Board shall consist of the following seven members:\n(1)\tThree members shall be dietitian/nutritionists licensed under this Article.\n(2)\tTwo members shall be nutritionists licensed under this Article.\n(3)\tOne member shall be a physician licensed under Article 1 of this Chapter.\n(4)\tOne member shall not be licensed under this Article and shall represent the public at large.\n(b)\tLicensed dietitian/nutritionist and licensed nutritionist members of the Board shall meet all of the following criteria:\n(1)\tBe citizens of the United States and residents of this State.\n(2)\tHave practiced in the field of dietetics or nutrition for at least three years.\n(3)\tBe licensed under this Article, except that the first appointed licensed nutritionists are not required to be licensed under this Article or to have practiced for three years at the time of their appointment to a first term on the Board; provided, however, that each appointed licensed nutritionist must meet all of the following criteria:\na.\tPossess the qualifications necessary for licensure under this Article.\nb.\tApply for licensure under this Article within six months of its availability.\n(b1)\tThe licensed physician member of the Board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State.\n(c)\tThe member of the Board appointed from the public at large shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this State and shall not be any of the following:\n(1)\tA dietician/nutritionist or nutritionist.\n(2)\tAn agent or employee of a person engaged in the profession of dietetics or nutrition.\n(3)\tA licensed health care professional or enrolled in a program to become prepared to be a licensed health care professional.\n(4)\tAn agent or employee of a health care institution, a health care insurer, or a health care professional school.\n(5)\tA member of any allied health profession or enrolled in a program to become prepared to be a member of an allied health profession.\n(6)\tThe spouse of an individual who is not eligible to serve as a public member of the Board. (1991, c. 668, s. 1; 2018-91, s. 3.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 25. Dietetics/Nutrition."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-353.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"eaa4709eb826ef73f24a63b18e3a229015a7c13bdc53cb72603fa50bc8e7742e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-352","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}