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title: 720 Dietary Services
description: "## Dietary Services (720) ##### Service Code Definition: A regional center shall classify a vendor as a provider of dietary services if the vendor is: (A) A dietitian who is validly registered as a member of the American Dietetic Association…"
url: "https://completeguidetosdp.org/docs/720-dietary-services/"
updated: "2026-07-07"
category: Traditional Service Codes
tags:
  - Traditional Services
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# 720 Dietary Services

## Dietary Services (720)

##### Service Code Definition:

A regional center shall classify a vendor as a provider of dietary services if the vendor is:

(A) A dietitian who is validly registered as a member of the American Dietetic Association and who prescribes or modifies a person's diet to meet the person's nutritional needs; or

(B) a nutritionist who evaluates an individual's nutritional needs and meets one of the following requirements:

1. Possesses a Master's Degree in one of the following:

a. Food and Nutrition;

b. Dietetics; or c. Public Health Nutrition; or

2. Is employed as a nutritionist by a county health department.