• Refer patients/clients to appropriate community services for general health, and nutrition needs and to other primary care providers as appropriate (perform).
   
  
• Supervise screening of the nutritional status of the population and/or community groups.
   
  
• Conduct assessment of the nutritional status of the population and/or community groups.
   
  
• Provide nutrition care for people of diverse cultures and religions across the lifespan, i.e., infancy through geriatrics (perform).
   
  
• Conduct community-based health promotion/disease prevention programs.
   
  
• Participate in development and evaluation of a community-based food and nutrition program.
   
  
• Supervise community-based food and nutrition programs.
   
  
• Participate in coding and billing of dietetics/nutrition services to obtain reimbursement for services from public or private insurers.
   
  
• Integrate pathophysiology into medical nutrition therapy recommendations (perform).
   
  
• Develop a health promotion /disease prevention intervention project (perform)
  
   
  

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