Ohio Dietitian License

Does Ohio license dietitians?

Ohio bars anyone without a license from practicing, offering to practice or holding themselves out to practice dietetics, and reserves the dietitian title. The State Medical Board waives the education, experience and exam requirements for an applicant with current CDR registration.

• License
• Licensed Dietitian (LD)
• Practice is restricted to credential holders

Citation: Ohio Rev. Code 4759; Ohio Admin. Code 4759

Is Ohio in the Dietitian Compact?

Ohio has enacted the Dietitian Licensure Compact (2025), but no state issues compact privileges yet. Until they start, practicing here takes the state's own credential.

• Compact enacted, not issuing yet

Can a dietitian licensed elsewhere get a Ohio credential by endorsement?

Ohio has no separate reciprocity rule; its licensure-by-reciprocity rule was rescinded. Out-of-state RDNs apply on current CDR registration, which waives the education, supervised practice and exam requirements.

• Endorsement or registration-based route
• CDR registration not required

Citation: Ohio Rev. Code 4759.06(B)

Does Ohio have a jurisprudence exam?

The exam is the one the board approves from CDR. CE for each two-year renewal must include one hour of ethics or Ohio dietetics laws and rules, but no separate jurisprudence exam is required.

• No state jurisprudence exam

Does Ohio require fingerprints?

• Fingerprint background check

Telehealth dietitians and Ohio

No telehealth registration exists. The Academy lists Ohio as requiring licensure for telehealth, with the medical board's telehealth rules (OAC 4731-37) applied to dietitians.

Does Ohio offer a provisional permit for new graduates?

A limited permit lets a graduate who finished education and supervised practice, and applied for the exam, practice for six months, renewable once. After a first failed exam the holder works only under direct supervision; a second failure ends the permit.

• Provisional permit available

Does Ohio credential non-RD nutritionists?

Ohio licenses dietitians only. It has no separate nutritionist license.

• No separate nutritionist credential

How often does a Ohio dietitian credential renew?

Licenses run two years from issuance. RDNs certify the CE needed to keep CDR registration plus one hour of ethics or Ohio law; non-RD licensees complete 30 hours, including that hour, with a documented learning plan. Renewal costs $180.

• Renews every 2 years