RD and DTR recertification and state license CE
Registered dietitians (RDs) and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered (DTRs) keep their credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Many states also license dietitians and set their own renewal rules.
Quoted from official pages checked November 12, 2026. Confirm current requirements, fees, and dates on those sites. This page is not legal advice and does not guarantee eligibility, certification, or licensure.
CDR recertification
CDR’s Universal Professional Development Portfolio (PDP) Guide (a web page on cdrnet.org), read November 12, 2026, states: “Practitioners are required to complete the PDP once per five-year recertification cycle to maintain their RD or DTR credentials.” Its list of PDP steps reads, verbatim:
Requirements per five-year recertification cycle:
- 75 CPEUs including 1 CPEU in ethics or health equity for RDs
- 50 CPEUs including 1 CPEU in ethics or health equity for DTRs
The PDP has three steps: a learning plan, an activity log, and a self-assessment. The guide says cycle start and end dates are on the Dashboard pages of each practitioner’s MyCDR account. It also states: “CDR requirements for certification and recertification may differ from requirements for state licensure and other professional designations.”
State license CE: a first set of states
| State | Dietetics license CE | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | RDs: CE needed to keep CDR registration, plus 1 hour of ethics or laws and rules; others: 30 hours | Two-year renewal period |
| Minnesota | 45 continuing education units | Every three years |
| Rhode Island | 20 continuing education credits, using CDR criteria | Biennial, in odd-numbered years |
| Washington | Unverified | Its dietitian and nutritionist rules (chapter 246-822 WAC) set a yearly birthday renewal, but we did not find a CE requirement there. |
| Vermont | Unverified | The posted dietitian rules date from 1995 and describe certification, so we did not rely on them. |
Unverified. We couldn’t confirm a reliable source for this yet.
Summaries of official pages read November 12, 2026. Title and license types differ by state; read the state page and the board’s own site.