Dietitians

Dietitians Advisory Board Meeting

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
DIETITIANS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
North Campus, 1st Floor Public Meeting Room #125E
1106 Clayton Lane, Austin, Texas

AGENDA

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A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call, Certification of Quorum, and Introductions
C. Training for Advisory Board Members
- 1. Open Meetings Act
- 2. Public Information Act
- 3. Administrative Procedure Act
D. Approval of Minutes – May 3, 2018 Meeting
E. Public Comment
**Any person wishing to address the Advisory Board should complete a Public Comment Form and submit it to the Advisory Board Support Staff**
F. Staff Reports – Briefing from staff and discussion:
- 1. Licensing Division
  - a. Current Projects
  - b. Statistics
- 2. Customer Service Division
  - a. Statistics
- 3. Enforcement Division
  - a. Statistics
- 4. Education and Examination Division
  - a. Statistics
- 5. Regulatory Program Management Division
  - a. Update and discussion regarding Dietitians program activities
  - b. Medical & Health Professions Section Update (ask RPM if one item)
- 6. Executive Office
  - a. Personnel Updates
  - b. Update from the 86th Legislature, Regular Session 2019
  - c. Communication Outreach Statistics
  - d. Sunset Review Process
G. Workgroup Reports and Recommendations:
- 1. Telehealth Workgroup – Update on the discussion of telehealth as it relates to the Dietitians program and the development of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and responses.
- 2. Licensing Workgroup – Update and recommendations regarding the development of draft proposed rules to streamline the license application and renewal processes; update the experience requirements; remove the jurisprudence exam requirement at renewal; revise and clean up the continuing education requirements; update the license fitness requirements; remove the license registry information from the rules; update the advertising rule requirements; and to make other restructuring and clean-up changes
H. Recommendations for agenda items for next Board meeting
I. Discussion of date, time, and location of next Board meeting
J. Adjournment