Registration Eligibility Degree Documentation for Random Audit

Verification of highest degree earned

The Program Director must submit either:

• A final transcript for highest degree earned. The official transcript must include the embossed seal or colored stamp of the college/university, the degree earned and the conferral date of the degree.

Or

• A letter on college/university letterhead bearing the original signature of the Registrar verifying completion of all degree requirements and the date the degree was conferred. The Registrar’s original signature must be in colored ink on college/university colored letterhead. If this verification letter is black and white the institution’s embossed seal must be applied along with the original signature of the Registrar.
  
  If an individual in the Registrar’s Office, other than the Registrar, has the authority to verify degree(s), an official letter stating that authority must be included with the audit submission documents. The degree confirming statement from the Registrar is NOT the same as the signed Verification Statement from the Didactic Programs in Dietetics Program Director.

Or

• An original Foreign Degree Equivalency Report confirming the degree equivalent. Education obtained outside of the US and its territories must have their academic degree(s) validated as equivalent to the Baccalaureate or Master’s degree conferred by a regionally accredited college or university in the US. Validation of a foreign degree does not eliminate the need for a Verification Statement of completion of a Didactic Programs in Dietetics. For a list of the CDR approved Foreign Degree Equivalency Agencies go to the Fact Sheet for Individuals with Foreign Degrees on the ADA website. The list is located under Questions About Education and Credentialing Requirements.
  

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