Montana is an Exclusive Scope of Practice State which licenses dietitians as “licensed nutritionists” or “nutritionists.” Montana requires a license to provide any form of nutrition care including nutritional assessment, diagnostic, therapy, evaluation, and counseling services. The law states that “A person may not represent to the public by any title, sign, or advertisement or description of services that the person is a nutritionist or a licensed nutritionist unless the person has been licensed.”
37-25-304. Exemptions from Licensure Requirements.
This chapter does not prevent:
(1) a student or intern in an approved academic program or a paraprofessional with approved dietetic-nutrition training from engaging in the practice of dietetics-nutrition if a licensed nutritionist is available for direct supervision and if the student, intern, or paraprofessional does not represent to the public that the individual is a nutritionist;
(2) a licensed physician or nurse from engaging in the practice of dietetics-nutrition when it is incidental to the practice of that profession;
(3) a person licensed under any other law from engaging in the profession or business for which the person is licensed if the person does not represent to the public that the person is a nutritionist;
(4) an educator or adviser employed by a nonprofit agency acceptable to the board or by an accredited degree-granting institution or an accredited elementary or secondary school from engaging in an activity within the scope of the individual’s salaried position;
(5) a person employed by or under contract with an agency of the state or federal government from discharging an official duty if the person does not represent to the public that the person is a nutritionist;
(6) a person from furnishing general nutritional information, including dissemination of literature, as to the use of food, food materials, or dietary supplements or from engaging in the explanation as to the use of foods or food products, including dietary supplements, in connection with the marketing and distribution of those products if the person does not represent to the public that the person is a nutritionist;
(7) a person from furnishing general nutrition information or disseminating literature if the person does not represent to the public that the person is a dietitian or a nutritionist; or
(8) a person from fulfilling state or federal regulations governing the delivery or provision of nutritional health services to hospitals or long-term care facilities if the person does not represent to the public that the person is a nutritionist.
Montana Code, Title 37, Chapter 25 Nutritionists
Montana, Part 3. Licensing, Exemptions from Licensure Requirements
