Licensure

Initial Application Instructions

1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

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2.  VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION - Include either your Commission on Dietetic Registration (RD) OR Board for the Certification of Nutrition Specialists (CNS) number.

3.  FEES

Applicants pay the one-time fee $300 (application and licensure fees.) Fees are not refundable.

  1. Payment Methods: ​Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment 

​4.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link.

-TRANSCRIPT - An official transcript from an accredited college or university of your Dietetic or Nutrition education mailed directly to the Board Office from the Registrar or the University or College.

A)           Academic Requirements - For Licensure as a Dietitian (RD)
A baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college, for the field of dietetics, including a
minimum of 24 semester hours in the field of human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management.  Of these 24 semester hours, at least 3 semester hours shall be from each of the following areas:
(i)   Upper-division human nutrition related to disease;
(ii)  Upper-Division food service systems management;
(iii) Biochemistry or physiological chemistry, or advanced normal human nutrition; and
(iv) Food science

(B)          Academic Requirements - For Licensure as a Nutritionist (CNS)
A master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university in nutrition sciences with (emphasis in human), food and nutrition, dietetics, community nutrition, public health nutrition, or equivalent academic training such as nutrition education and food science.

Reactivation Application Instructions

*THIS IS ONLY FOR APPLICANTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLEY APPLIED FOR INACTIVE STATUS AND WANT TO REACTIVATE A LICENSE.

1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

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2.  FEES –$150 Reactivation Fee. Fees are not refundable.

Payment Methods:
         Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment

3.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link. You must submit proof of competition of 15 continuing education units for each year your license was Inactive. You can check whether you are on Inactive Status via the Board's website at:​​ https://mdbnc.health.maryland.gov/dietVerification/Default.aspx
You can enter your last name or license number to search your status.

Reinstatement Application Instructions

*If your licensed expired less than 5 years ago, you must reinstate your license to practice dietetics in Maryland. If your license expired over 5 years ago, you are considered a new applicant (See Initial Application Instructions)

1.  APPLICATION – A complete application form is required of all applicants.  

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2.  FEES –$576 Reinstatement Fee. Fees are not refundable.

Payment Methods:
        Select Visa or MasterCard credit card payment  

3.  REQUIRED DOCUMENTS –Please submit all required documents via the online email link (ONLINE APPLICANTS ONLY) or mail directly to the Board. You must submit proof of competition of 15 continuing education units for each year your license lapsed. You can check when your license expired via the Board's website at: https://mdbnc.health.maryland.gov/dietVerification/Default.aspx
 You can enter your last name or license number to search your status.