Requirements to Apply for Dietitian Licensure in New Hampshire

Initial Application

Initial License

Requirements to Apply for Dietitian Licensure in New Hampshire

  • Submit an online application and pay the required license fee ($110.00)
  • Hold a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the US and complete a major course of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, dietetics, public health nutrition, or food systems management;
  • Successfully complete a dietetic internship of no less than 900 hours, pre-professional practice program, or coordinated program with documented experience in the practice of dietetics under supervision of a registered, certified, or licensed dietitian; and
  • Successfully pass the examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
  • Applicant holding RD card on/before 12-31-2000
    1. Completed application including response to ethical questions
    2. Passport-style photograph
    3. Letter verifying RD status sent from CDR directly to the Board
    4. Fee in the amount of $110 to Treasurer – State of New Hampshire
  • Applicant holding RD card on/after 1-1-2001
    1. All of the above PLUS:
    2. Transcript from school that grants highest relevant degree sent directly to the Board
    3. Supervisor of internship verified 900 hours+ in 1) pre-professional practice program, or 2) coordinate program sent directly to the Board