The Florida Senate

Possesses a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree with a major course of study in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food management, or an equivalent major course of study, from a school or program accredited, at the time of the applicant’s graduation, by the appropriate accrediting agency recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education; and

Has completed a preprofessional experience component of not less than 900 hours or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the board; or

Has an academic degree, from a foreign country, that has been validated by an accrediting agency approved by the United States Department of Education as equivalent to the baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the United States;

Has completed a major course of study in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food management; and

Has completed a preprofessional experience component of not less than 900 hours or has education or experience determined to be equivalent by the board.