Registration Eligibility Requirements for Dietetic Technicians

Eligibility Pathways

Pathway I

• Completion of an Associate degree granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college or university with the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education (CADE) Accredited Dietetic Technician Program.*

Pathway II

• Completion of a Baccalaureate degree** granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college/university, or foreign equivalent, and completion of a Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education (CADE) Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), and completion of a CADE accredited Dietetic Technician supervised practice.

Pathway III

• Completion of a Baccalaureate degree granted by a US regionally accredited college/university, or foreign equivalent, and completion of a Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education (CADE) Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD).

* A graduate of a CADE Accredited Dietetic Technician Program is defined as a student who was initially enrolled in study on-site at a CADE Approved Dietetic Technician Program, even if that program lost approval prior to the student's graduation. In the event the program is not currently approved, the transcript will be used to verify past approval status.

** A foreign degree equivalency statement must be submitted to verify that the foreign degree is equivalent to a degree granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college/university.