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Wisconsin Dietetic
Association Licensing Legislation:
Makes Nutrient Dense Advice a
in Wisconsin
Updated August 30, 2010
Dietary Licensing Bills Failed in the 2009 - 2010
Legislative Session and Will Resurface in the
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
Cambridge University Press
Conflict of Interest: Dietitians and Their Corporate
Sponsors
Claiming Education is "Evidence Based"
Licensing Creates Job Losses*
See interactive US Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Geography of the
Recession: Wisconsin
is severely affected
Click Here
*Business Closures and Jobs
Lost:
Lynn Edwards, coordinator of the Wisconsin
Dietetic Association in April 10, 2010 Eau Claire Leader
Telegram article: click
here
"If the bill passes, (Karen)
Hurd would have to become a registered dietitian to be able
to continue to provide dietetic therapy, Edwards said. That
would require her to receive a degree from a college
approved by the Dietetics and Nutrition Care Services
Affiliated Credentialing Board, complete at least 900
supervised hours of dietetics practice and pass the American
Dietetic Association's exam."
Successful businesses would close and employees will loose their jobs if alternative nutrition
providers have to comply to these education requirements.
This legislation will resurface in the January
2011 - 2012 legislative session.
2009 - 2010 Licensing Bills
AB440 &
SB115
Opposition
Summary to AB440 Sub:
click here
for PDF
Augusta Times Article May 6: "Lynn Edwards of the
Wisconsin Dietetics Association which supported this bill,
Edwards said the bill, designed to protect consumers, had
evolved into something less controversial by the end of
the session, and she expected greater support for the bill
from more originations in the future. "I truly believe if we
could have gotten it to the floor it would have passed."
Karen Hurd's Legislative Breakfast.
Click
Here
Number of lobbyist-written state bills grows:
'Allowing lobbyists to write bills was once "taboo" in this
state, but now "it's been noticeable on a wide range of
issues," McCabe said.' AB440 and SB115 were written by
special interest groups without input from the largest
citizen opposition group, the Wisconsin Health Freedom
Coalition.
Dietary
Licensing Bills so Registered Dietitians can Receive
Medicare Payments and put all others out of business? This makes no sense...
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead
Limits consumer choice *
Limits free speech * Food discussion must remain in the
public domain and not restricted by licensure * No need for
licensing, current status is OK for Registered Dietitians
History: The
Wisconsin Health Freedom Coalition (WIHFC) has
tried to work in good faith with the Wisconsin
Dietetic Association (-WDA- is the state
affiliate of the American Dietetic
Association-ADA ) for a compromise to allow all
non WDA practitioners of nutrition services an
exemption from their dietary licensing bill,
AB440. These attempts for a compromise have been ignored
and refused.
The
WDA claims they are the only source for
nutrition care services and is science based.
WDA/ADA sponsors
junk food and pharmaceutical
companies:
ADA Partners
ARAMARK
The Coca-Cola Company
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
National Dairy Council
PepsiCo
Unilever
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Premier
Sponsors
Abbott Nutrition
CoroWise brand
General Mills
Kellogg Company
Mars,
Incorporated
McNeil
Nutritionals, LLC
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Legal comments at
SB115 hearing. Click
here and scroll down to 09.17.09
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Committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care,
and Job Creation
for video link, fast forward to time.
2:44:25 "Someone who
is an alternative care provider cannot practice nutrition
care services. They could use the term nutritionists by
itself but could not practice dietetic nutrition care
services."
Click
here for AB440 Hearing
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