American Dietetic Association: Standards of practice and standards of professional performance (generalist, specialty, and advanced) for registered dietitians in pediatric nutrition.

The Pediatric Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (PNPG) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), under the guidance of the ADA Quality Management Committee and Scope of Dietetics Practice Framework Sub-Committee, has developed Standards of Practice (SOP) and Standards of Professional Performance (SOPP) for Registered Dietitians (RDs) in Pediatric Nutrition (see the Web site exclusive Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3 at www.adajournal.org). These documents were developed as a component of the Scope of Dietetics Practice Framework ( 1 O'Sullivan-Maillet J. Skates J. Pritchett E. Scope of dietetics practice framework. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005; 105: 634-640 Google Scholar ) and contribute to the knowledge base of dietetics practice and build on the previously published SOP and SOPP in nutrition care, diabetes care, behavioral health care, oncology nutrition care, nutrition support, sports dietetics, management of food and nutrition systems, and education of dietetics practitioners ( 2 The American Dietetic AssociationAmerican Dietetic Association revised 2008 Standards of Practice for registered dietitians in nutrition care; Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians; Standards of Practice for dietetic technicians, registered, in nutrition care; and Standards of Professional Performance for dietetic technicians, registered. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008; 108: 1538-1542.e9 Google Scholar , 3 Kulkarni A. Boucher J.L. Daly A. American Dietetic Association: Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in diabetes care. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005; 105: 819-824 Google Scholar , 4 Emerson M. Kerr P. Soler Mdel C. Girard T.A. Hoffinger R. Pritchett E. Otto M. American Dietetic Association: Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in behavioral health care. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006; 106: 608-613 Google Scholar , 5 Robien K. Levin R. Pritchett E. Otto M. American Dietetic Association: Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in oncology nutrition care. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006; 106: 946-951 Google Scholar , 6 The Joint Standards Task Force of A.S.P.E.N. and the American Dietetic Association Dietitians in Nutrition Support Dietetic Practice GroupAmerican Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and American Dietetic Association: Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in nutrition support. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007; 107: 1815-1822 Google Scholar , 7 Steinmuller P.L. Meyer N.L. Kruskall L.J. Manore M.M. Rodriguez N.R. Macedonio M. Bird R.L. Berning J.R. ADA Quality Management CommitteeAmerican Dietetic Association Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty, advanced) in sports dietetics. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009; 109: 544-552 Google Scholar , 8 Puckett R.P. Barkley W. Dixon G. Egan K. Koch C. Malone T. Scott-Smith J. Sheridan B. Theis M. American Dietetic Association Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietetians (generalist and advanced) in management of food and nutrition systems. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009; 109: 540-543 Google Scholar , 9 Anderson J.A. Kennedy-Hagan K. Stieber M.R. Hollingsworth D.S. Kattelmann K. Stein Arnold C.L. Egan B.M. Dietetic Educators of Practitioners and American Dietetic Association Standards of Professional Performance for registered dietitians (generalist, specialty/advanced) in education of dietetics practitioners. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009; 109: 747-754 Google Scholar ).