We are ready for the final push. The ridiculous Michigan Dietetics Licensure Law may finally be repealed. The repeal passed the Michigan House last year. The Senate Regulatory Reform Committee passed HB 4688 Repeal of the Dietetics Licensure Law last week.
The last step is here. Hopefully, the Michigan Senate will vote “yes” on HB 4688 this week. This has been an eight year journey!
Recall the idiotic Nutrition and Dietetics Law would outlaw anyone but Registered Dieticians from discussing nutrition and diet with the public. Running afoul of this law could cost one fines of thousands of dollars and result in a jail sentence. Can you imagine—someone going to jail because he/she recommended a particular diet or supplement to somebody?
This law needs to be repealed—NOW!
The Michigan Dietetic Association, who is sponsored by McDonalds (as seen on the bottom of their homepage), sent a message to its members stating, “Opponents who were in favor of repeal of our licensure bill feel that individuals who take ‘a few months of nutrition classes’ should be recognized as equal to a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.”
What a bunch of nonsense. No one has ever stated that. What I and others have pointed out is that the discussion of nutrition and diet should not be limited to one trade group.
It is important to make your views known. Call your Michigan Senator and tell him/her to vote “yes” on HB 4688. You can find your Senator here: http://www.senate.michigan.gov/findyoursenator/byaddress.htm?utm_source=Senate+Vote%2C+Last+Hurdle&utm_campaign=House+Votes+to+Repeal&utm_medium=email
We live in a free country where it should not be illegal to speak about nutrition and diet.
I am going to email and call my Senator—Mike Kowall (517)373-0938–and tell him to vote “yes” on HB 4699. (SenMKowall@senate.michigan.gov)
DrB
I just called! Hopefully my state senator will listen to reason.
When did Michigan turn into Michiganistan? Why are elected officials so ignorant of the Constitution these days? They pass any law without any thought of its Constitutionality and leave it to the court system to “see what’s in it” and if it abides by the Constitution or not which takes years. All the while the bogus law remains in effect to strip our rights. Maybe we need an amendment that strips all rights from those who proposed and voted for laws found Unconstitutional. Then they would do the due diligence they were elected to perform.
Please vote to repeal this ridiculous law.