The Exercise Physiologist/Nutritional Counselor: Duty of Care and Scope of Practice

Authors

Marie R. Jensen, University of the PacificFollow
J. Mark Van Ness, University of the PacificFollow
Margaret E. Ciccolella, University of the PacificFollow

ORCID

J. Mark Van Ness: 0000-0001-5902-8735

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Professionalization of Exercise Physiology

Department

Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences Department

ISSN

1099-5862

Volume

25

Issue

2

First Page

1

Last Page

9

Publication Date

6-1-2022

Abstract

Duty of care and scope of practice are cornerstone issues applicable to the exercise physiologist who offers nutritional counseling to a client. Duty and scope are embedded both in state statutory law that explicitly defines and regulates professional conduct as well as general principles of negligence. The purpose of this paper is to examine standard of care and scope of practice for the exercise physiologist/nutritional counselor using: (a) examples of statutorily based state regulations that identify and limit duty and the scope of practice; and (b) general principles of negligence. The American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP) standards will be used to illustrate regulations that govern the conduct of the Exercise Physiologist-Certified (EPC).

Recommended Citation

Jensen, M. R., Van Ness, J. M., & Ciccolella, M. E. (2022). The Exercise Physiologist/Nutritional Counselor: Duty of Care and Scope of Practice. Professionalization of Exercise Physiology, 25(2), 1–9.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facarticles/901