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SECTION 6505-E
Provision of information related to coursework and training in nutrition
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 8, ARTICLE 130*, SUBARTICLE 1
§ 6505-e. Provision of information related to coursework and training
in nutrition. 1. The department, in consultation with the department of
health, shall compile a list of continuing medical education courses and
training opportunities regarding nutrition, which may include but not be
limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically proven methods for the
prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses, and
informational resources regarding racial disparities in outcomes for
diet-related diseases, that are publicly available, and shall distribute
such compilation to physicians who are licensed to practice medicine in
the state.

2. The compiled list shall be made publicly available on the
department's website and on the department of health's website, and
shall be updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two
years via email.

3. In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with
organizations representative of professions, and institutions of higher
education, and the department of health shall consult with those with
expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of
diet-related illnesses.