Section 1265.4 Of Article 2. Administration From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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. (a) A licensed health facility, as defined in subdivision
(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), or (k) of Section 1250, shall employ a
full-time, part-time, or consulting dietitian. A health facility that
employs a registered dietitian less than full time, shall also
employ a full-time dietetic services supervisor who meets the
requirements of subdivision (b) to supervise dietetic service
operations. The dietetic services supervisor shall receive frequently
scheduled consultation from a qualified dietitian.
(b) The dietetic services supervisor shall have completed at least
one of the following educational requirements:
(1) A baccalaureate degree with major studies in food and
nutrition, dietetics, or food management and has one year of
experience in the dietetic service of a licensed health facility.
(2) A graduate of a dietetic technician training program approved
by the American Dietetic Association, accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation for Dietetics Education, or currently registered by
the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
(3) A graduate of a dietetic assistant training program approved
by the American Dietetic Association.
(4) Is a graduate of a dietetic services training program approved
by the Dietary Managers Association and is a certified dietary
manager credentialed by the Certifying Board of the Dietary Managers
Association, maintains this certification, and has received at least
six hours of in-service training on the specific California dietary
service requirements contained in Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations prior to assuming full-time duties as a dietetic services
supervisor at the health facility.
(5) Is a graduate of a college degree program with major studies
in food and nutrition, dietetics, food management, culinary arts, or
hotel and restaurant management and is a certified dietary manager
credentialed by the Certifying Board of the Dietary Managers
Association, maintains this certification, and has received at least
six hours of in-service training on the specific California dietary
service requirements contained in Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations prior to assuming full-time duties as a dietetic services
supervisor at the health facility.
(6) A graduate of a state approved program that provides 90 or
more hours of classroom instruction in dietetic service supervision,
or 90 hours or more of combined classroom instruction and instructor
led interactive Web-based instruction in dietetic service
supervision.
(7) Received training experience in food service supervision and
management in the military equivalent in content to paragraph (2),
(3), or (6).
(c) Pursuant to Section 1276, the State Department of Public
Health may grant a program flexibility request to the facility to
modify the requirements in subdivision (b) for any individual who has
at least five years experience prior to January 1, 2009, as a
dietetic services supervisor in a health facility specified in
subdivision (a) to allow that individual to function as a dietetic
services supervisor for a period not to exceed 18 months, as long as
the individual is enrolled in a program that meets the requirements
listed in subdivision (b). The department may extend the program
flexibility request for a period not to exceed six months if the
individual can demonstrate to the department that the coursework
could not otherwise be completed within the original 18-month period.
Program flexibility requests shall be submitted not later than
December 31, 2009.