Dietitians Continuing Education
License Renewal Requirements
To renew a dietitian license, you must complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education during each 2 year licensing period.
Your license will not be renewed until all continuing education requirements have been completed.
Have You Been Audited?
You are responsible for keeping a record of all acceptable continuing education activities completed, and providing it to TDLR if selected for audit. Licensees are required to keep a copy of the continuing education certificate for two years after the date of course completion.
Your renewal will not be held up by a CE audit. Continuing Education Audits now take place after a licensee renews. They can occur anytime during your license period. You will receive a letter via email that has a due date for you to comply. Use your online account to upload certificates or other documentation.
Here is a tutorial on how to use your account to comply.
Approved Education Providers
Acceptable coursework for continuing education must be approved or offered by one of the following:
Acceptable Activities
Continuing education activities will be acceptable, if the experience falls into one or more of the following categories:
- Academic or clinical courses related to dietetics
- In-service educational programs, training programs, institutes, seminars, workshops and conferences in dietetics
- Instructing or presenting continuing education programs or activities that were offered or approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or its agents -- multiple presentations of the same programs will count only once
- Acceptance and participation in poster sessions offered by a nationally recognized professional organization in the dietetics field or its state equivalent organization
- Publishing of books or articles by the licensee in relevant professional books and referred journals
- Self-study of professional materials that include self-assessment examinations
Unacceptable Activities
The department will not grant continuing education credit for the following activities:
- Education incidental to the regular professional activities of a licensee such as learning occurring from experience or research
- Professional organization activity such as serving on committees or councils or as an officer
- Activities described under the acceptable activities section (above), which have been completed more than once during the continuing education period
- Performance of duties that are routine job duties or requirements
- Participation in conference exhibits
Credits for Continuing Education Experiences
Continuing education experiences will be credited by the department as follows:
| Experience Type |
Credit Hours |
| Academic courses |
2 continuing education hours for each semester hour successfully completed for credit or audit |
| Conferences |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Clinical courses |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| In-service educational programs |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Institutes |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Jurisprudence examination |
1 hour of continuing education credit each renewal cycle |
| Poster session participation |
1 continuing education hour for 6 poster sessions, with a maximum of 2 continuing education hours for 12 poster sessions |
| Publishing of books or articles |
3 continuing education hours (minimum) for each publication |
| Self-study of professional materials |
6 continuing education hours maximum |
| Seminars |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Training programs |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Workshops |
1-for-1 basis with continuing professional experience as approved by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
