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SECTION 6505-E
Provision of information related to coursework and training in nutrition
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 8, ARTICLE 130*, SUBARTICLE 1
* § 6505-e. Provision of information related to coursework and
training in nutrition. 1. The department, in consultation with the
department of health, shall compile a list of continuing medical
education courses and training opportunities regarding nutrition, which
may include but not be limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically
proven methods for the prevention, reversal, and treatment of
diet-related illnesses, and informational resources regarding racial
disparities in outcomes for diet-related diseases, that are publicly
available, and shall distribute such compilation to physicians who are
licensed to practice medicine in the state.

2. The compiled list shall be made publicly available on the
department's website and on the department of health's website, and
shall be updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two
years via email.

3. In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with
organizations representative of professions, and institutions of higher
education, and the department of health shall consult with those with
expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of
diet-related illnesses.

* NB Effective June 1, 2024