Practice management
Running a nutrition practice in Canada or the United States: insurer billing, scope of practice and titles, privacy obligations, records, entity and tax rules, and the operational detail nobody publishes clearly — by province and by state.
Canada
Start a Dietitian Practice in Canada: Rules by Province
Registration, titles, record retention, privacy law and incorporation — what differs by province, with key primary sources linked.
Read article →CanadaDo Dietitians Charge GST/HST in Canada? The Three-Part Test
The Excise Tax Act puts maintaining health and preventing disease inside the exemption. The three conditions that actually decide it.
Read article →CanadaDietitian Receipts in Canada: The Carriers Disagree
Sun Life wants length of visit; Canada Life wants your professional association and no registration number. The per-carrier field lists.
Read article →CanadaWhich Privacy Law Applies to a Dietitian in Canada?
Not PIPEDA everywhere. Custodian status is a legal test three provinces answer three ways — and two mandate no breach reporting at all.
Read article →CanadaHow Long Must a Dietitian Keep Client Records in Canada?
Five years to sixteen, and six jurisdictions appear to publish none at all. The clock-start event differs six ways and changes the answer by years.
Read article →CanadaIs “Nutritionist” a Protected Title in Canada?
Protected in Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia and PEI; unprotected in six provinces, including Ontario and BC. NS and NB restrict the practice itself.
Read article →CanadaCan a Dietitian Form a Professional Corporation in Canada?
Available in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and PEI; not in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia or NL. US LLC advice does not apply.
Read article →CanadaWhich Canadian Insurers Direct-Bill Dietitian Services?
Four national portals, five in Alberta. Sun Life left eClaims in 2022, and Alberta Blue Cross is unreachable via eClaims inside Alberta.
Read article →CanadaDietitian Private Practice in Quebec: Every Rule Differs
Records kept five years, not ten. Group liability insurance is mandatory with no choice of insurer. And a consultation is paid for only once rendered.
Read article →United States
Does HIPAA Apply to a Private-Practice Dietitian?
HIPAA turns on one electronic transaction, not your credential. What flips it, what a covered RD must do, and the state laws that reach cash-pay practices.
Read article →United StatesHow Long Must a US Dietitian Keep Client Records?
HIPAA's six years is for policies, not charts. Of sixteen states checked, only New York binds a private-practice dietitian today. The rules, by state.
Read article →United StatesDoes Insurance Cover Dietitian Services in the US?
Medicare MNT is diabetes and kidney disease only, on physician referral. ACA no-cost preventive is in-network only. The rest is plan-specific.
Read article →United StatesDietitian Superbill: Required Fields, Codes, HSA/FSA Rules
No single field list exists: Medicare wants an NPI, Premera a tax ID, Aetna neither. What the CMS-1500 defines, what is convention, and what an FSA needs.
Read article →United StatesWhich States License Dietitians or Protect “Nutritionist”?
Twenty-one jurisdictions reserve practice, eleven protect a title, six certify, four have no law, seven are ambiguous. And what the unlicensed may sell.
Read article →United StatesDietitian Licensure Compact: 2026 Status, Telehealth Rules
Enacted in 19 states, zero privileges issued as of September 2026. Which states need their own license for telehealth, and which take registration.
Read article →United StatesStarting a Dietitian Private Practice in the US, by State
The credential is national; license, telehealth, privacy, records, entity and tax rules are not. The map of what changes by state, with the detail linked.
Read article →United StatesLLC, PLLC or Sole Proprietor for a US Dietitian?
Federal tax is identical for a sole proprietor and a single-member LLC. Whether a state lets a dietitian use an LLC does not follow from the license.
Read article →United StatesDo Dietitians Charge Sales Tax in the US?
Only Hawaii and New Mexico tax the counseling fee to the client. The traps are NYC salons, Washington webinars, meal-plan PDFs and city business taxes.
Read article →Run your practice in NutraPlanner
Client records, scheduling, intake forms and meal planning in one place, for dietitian practices in Canada and the US.
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