Required Preceptor's Qualifications

The Preceptor Agrees to:

• Assume overall responsibility for the course.
• Guide and counsel the student as required for the nutritional modules.
• Supervise work-related learning experiences, spending at least 50 direct contact hours and monitor the required 150 hours of field experience.
• Sign the student's lesson cover sheets, confirming that the lessons have been evaluated as required by the course.
• Maintain close communication with the program coordinator and staff.
• Regularly advise the facility administrator of the student's progress.
• Notify the Division of Continuing Education if no longer able to serve as a preceptor for the student.

Preceptor Requirements:

A Preceptor must be a Registered Dietitian (RD) or a state approved Licensed Dietitian (LD) with one year of post registration practitioner's competency. Preceptors are required to have completed one year of full-time employment prior to precepting students.

Other modules of the course require: A Certified Dietary Manager (CDM), Dietary Technician Registered (DTR), or Licensed Dietitian (LD) with at least one year of experience. Submission of certification credentials is required at the time of enrollment: for LD, state license; for CDM, DMA identification; for DTR, a copy of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) registration.

The student indicates their acceptance of the course policies by their original signature on the course application.

Important: Preceptor must attach a copy of their Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) card. If a Licensed Dietitian (LD) or a Dietary Technician Registered (DTR) or a Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) will also be precepting the student, a copy of the registration card must also be attached. Write "copy" across all membership cards. The RD/Preceptor (and CDM/DTR/LD, if utilized) must have at least 1-year post-registration employment experience.