The bill creates a new law by adding a chapter to Title 18 RCW that establishes a Dietitian Licensure Compact and a Dietitian Licensure Compact Commission. The compact authorizes a “compact privilege,” which lets a dietitian licensed in a member state practice in other member (remote) states without obtaining separate licenses, while preserving state regulatory authority and allowing states to enforce their practice laws where the patient is located. The act also preserves the option for nonresidents to apply for a single-state license that does not carry compact privileges. The law creates procedural changes for licensure portability, reporting, and discipline: member states must participate in a shared data system, submit a uniform data set (including adverse actions and investigatory information), notify the commission of adverse actions and significant investigative information, and implement criminal history record procedures (including fingerprint or biometric submission and FBI checks) for initial compact-privilege applicants. A compact privilege requires an unencumbered home-state license and meeting education/exam/supervised practice criteria described in the act (degree accredited by ACEND or a Department of Education–recognized accreditor, at least 1,000 hours supervised practice, and successful completion of a national examination within five years prior to initial licensure, among other conditions). Remote states may take adverse action against compact privileges exercised in their jurisdiction; only the home state can impose action on the home-state license, and a home-state encumbrance suspends compact privileges elsewhere. The compact creates the commission with rulemaking authority (rules have the force of law in member states subject to court review), funding powers (fees, assessments), an executive committee, dispute resolution and enforcement mechanisms, limited immunity and indemnification for commission personnel, procedures for state default/termination, and requirements for public rulemaking and emergency rules. The compact’s interstate effective date is when seven states have enacted the statute; the act also specifies an effective date of July 1, 2028. Important provisions are missing or incomplete in the extracted text: the full text of section 4 (the complete education/alternative pathway language) is cut off, and detailed provisions referenced in sections 6, 8, 10, 11, and 12 (including precise procedures for home state designation, the data system administrator, the unique identifier, the timeframe for full FBI implementation, and the appeals process for a defaulting state) are not included here.

If enacted, Washington would join a multistate dietitian licensure compact that lets licensed dietitians practice in other member states through a single "compact privilege," reducing the need for multiple state licenses and helping mobile practitioners and military families. Practitioners who use the compact must keep an unencumbered home‑state license, meet specified education, supervised practice, and exam timelines, submit to fingerprint/FBI criminal checks for initial compact privileges, pay any compact or state fees, and could lose the privilege across member states if their home license is disciplined. State licensing boards and other member states would have new responsibilities and likely new costs: they must participate in the interstate commission, submit required licensure and investigation information, follow commission rules, implement fingerprinting and criminal history procedures, and may be assessed fees to fund the commission. The commission can make binding rules, collect fees, and pursue legal remedies, and the compact only operates once a seventh state enacts it; the act’s stated effective date is July 1, 2028. Key operational details—exact fee amounts, some education pathway language, timelines for implementation, and data‑handling specifics—are not provided in the extracted text, leaving some practical implementation questions unresolved.