Florida Statute 468.502 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 468
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

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F.S. 468.502

468.502 Purpose and intent.—The Legislature finds that the practice of dietetics and nutrition or nutrition counseling by unskilled and incompetent practitioners presents a danger to the public health and safety. The Legislature further finds that it is difficult for the public to make informed choices about dietitians and nutritionists and that the consequences of wrong choices could seriously endanger the public health and safety. The sole legislative purpose in enacting this part is to ensure that every person who practices dietetics and nutrition or nutrition counseling in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that any person practicing dietetics and nutrition or nutrition counseling who falls below minimum competency or who otherwise presents a danger to the public be prohibited from practicing in this state. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the practice of nutrition counseling be authorized and regulated solely within the limits expressly provided by this part and any rules adopted pursuant thereto.

History.—ss. 2, 20, ch. 88-236; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 96-367.

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Heather Kokesch Del Castillo v. Secretary, Florida Department of Health

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 18, 2022 | Docket: 63101915

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danger to the public health and safety.” Id. § 468.502 (emphasis added). Assessing a client’s nutrition

Florida Nutrition Counselors Ass'n v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Board of Medicine, Dietetics & Nutrition Practice Council

667 So. 2d 218, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 8482, 1995 WL 469647

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 1995 | Docket: 64761919

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Florida Statutes, and related provisions.3 Section 468.502 declares the “sole legislative purpose ...