Registration Maintenance
To maintain the credential, all RDs and DTRs must pay an annual registration maintenance fee: RDs: $80 and DTRs: $70.
- The RD, RDN fee is $80. A second increase to $90 is scheduled for June 1, 2027.
- The DTR, NDTR fee is $70. There will be no additional increase on June 1, 2027.
This fee funds registration services for all CDR credentialed practitioners and is used to finance on-going CDR operations, new programs, products and services designed to enhance the skills, credibility and marketplace perception of the dietetics profession.
- Billing and Due Dates
- Late Fee Schedule
- How to Pay and ID Card
- New RDs and DTRs
- Termination of Registration
- Voluntary Termination
Early June: Fee payment link emailed to credentialed practitioners. Paper Invoices will no longer be mailed.
August 31: $80 RD fee payment due - $70 DTR fee payment due.
September 1 to September 30: $50 mandatory late fee applied to all unpaid invoices (RDs: $130 / DTRs: $120 total due)
October 31: The RD or DTR credential lapses on October 1 if a payment is not received. The verification statement will no longer be available for employers or third parties to download until the credential is reinstated.
Fees can be paid online or by mail.
Newly credentialed practitioners receive their fee notice via email approximately 72 hours after passing the examination. After this email is received, the fee can be paid by using the direct payment link or by logging in to the MyCDR page. Practitioners cannot be verified nor will they receive a digital credential invitation until their initial fee payment is received.
After 90 days: $50 mandatory late fee is applied: RDs $130 / DTRs $120 total due
After 120 days: Registered status will be terminated
*If payment of $330 for RDs or $320 for DTRs is not received by September 30, registered status is terminated.
All former RDs and DTRs who are dropped for non-payment have two options to regain registered status:
- Successfully complete the Registration Examination for Dietitians or Dietetic Technicians
- Pay the reinstatement fee for each year that registered status was terminated and all past registration maintenance fees, as long as all recertification requirements are up-to-date and verified by CDR.
If you want to drop your registered status, you will need to notify CDR in writing (cdr@eatright.org or 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190 Chicago, IL 60606). Please include your CDR identification number and reason for dropping your credential, e.g.,
- Retired
- Not Currently Practicing
- Employer Does Not Require Credential
- Formerly a DTR, became an RD
- Other