Registered Dietitian License Lookup California

Welcome to the cdr online credential verification system.

Registered dietitian license lookup california. Renewal period closed online reinstatement open if you are a licensed health professional with an extended expiration date of october 31 2020 and you have not initiated renewal your license has. Please enter the cdr registration number and practitioner s country or state of residence. Attention licensure boards and employers. 1 upon verification we will validate the information and display the credentials on file.

Rds work in a wide variety of employment settings including health care business and industry community public health education research government agencies and private practice. Cdr has developed a web based method for licensure boards and employers to verify credentialed status for. Practice exclusivity means a license is required to practice mnt or dietetics subject to any exemptions shown in popups as explained below. 1926 1942 1946 and 1960.

Cda evaluated options to gain legal recognition for registered dietitians rds and in 1980 cda chose to pursue title act legislation as a first step towards licensure of dietitians. To search the on line verification system the user must enter the cdr issued registration identification number and the credentialed practitioner s primary state of residence. The dca license search website is the property of dca and system security concerns are ultimately their responsibility. Although the cdr database may reflect both a primary and a secondary address this system will only search the database using the primary address.

1 been granted prior to january 1 1981 the right to use the term registered dietitian by a public or private agency or institution recognized by the state department of public health as qualified to grant the title provided that person continues to meet all requirements and qualifications periodically prescribed by the agency or institution for the maintenance of that title. Forty seven states puerto rico and the district of columbia currently have statutory provisions regulating the dietetics profession or associated titles such as dietitian and nutritionist. Applicants with proof of eligibility to apply for registration will be admitted to the examination but must become registered to be eligible for appointment. Registered dietitian with the commission on dietetic registration of the american dietetic association.

The regulation of dietitians in idaho helps to insure that therapeutic nutritional services of high quality are provided to the people of idaho. The california board of registered nursing brn has an intradepartmental contract with the department of consumer affairs dca to provide license verification on the dca license search website and the actual operation thereof. In the state of california the california dietetic association cda was formed in 1924 1925.