45:16B-7 Duties of board.

7. The board shall:

(1) review the qualifications of applicants for licensure;

(2) adopt a code of ethics;

(3) ensure the proper conduct and standards of examinations;

(4) issue and renew biennial licenses for dietitian nutritionists and nutritionists pursuant to P.L.2019, c.331 (C.45:16B-1 et al.);

(5) refuse to admit a person to an examination or refuse to issue or suspend, revoke, or fail to renew the license of a dietitian nutritionist or nutritionist pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.);

(6) maintain a record of every licensed dietitian nutritionist and licensed nutritionist licensed in this State, their place of business, place of residence, and the date and number of their license, and publish a list of the names and addresses of all licensees annually;

(7) prescribe or change the charges for examinations, licenses, renewals, and other services it performs pursuant to P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.1 et seq.), and set the passing score on any examination it adopts as a licensure examination;

(8) establish rules and regulations with respect to continuing education requirements. The board shall at a minimum accept as valid any continuing education approved by the American Clinical Board of Nutrition, the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, and the Commission on Dietetic Registration; and

(9) adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2019, c.331 (C.45:16B-1 et al.).

L.2019, c.331, s.7.