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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.56.01.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="56" chapter_num="01" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in §B, of this regulation, these regulations apply to a person seeking to practice dietetics in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Exceptions. These regulations do not apply to a person who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provides nonmedical nutrition services and information to the public while:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Employed by or operating a health, weight loss, or fitness program,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Employed by or operating a health food store,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Employed by or operating a business that sells health products, including dietary supplements, foods, or food materials, or provides nonmedical nutritional information or distributes nutritional literature, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Conducting classes or disseminating information relative to nonmedical nutrition;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Distributes nutritional literature; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provides services related only to the purchasing, preparation, and service of food to groups of people.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>