Hello Program Directors,

I wanted to provide you some recent updates and clarifications to the Approved Training Requirements, along with some other updates here at ANFP. I also wanted to invite you to the Program Directors meeting scheduled at our Annual Conference & Expo this year in Las Vegas.

Requirements Update

In February an email was sent informing you of an update to the requirements that will take effect April 1st. With the new CMS regulations, ANFP has seen an increased interest in the exam. While we have multiple pathways for a candidate to register for an exam, Pathway I, which is for individuals who have graduated from an ANFP approved training program, is one of the most popular. In order to ensure a smooth process for graduates registering for the exam, we are asking for our approved schools to include consistent information on certificates of completion.

These requirements include:

Name of school
ANFP approved training program logo
Date graduated
Student name
Program Director signature

The link to the entire email can be found HERE.

As a reminder, we also require that the student be included on the graduate list. In the case where a candidate registers prior to us receiving a graduate list from you, we will reach out to confirm to prevent a delay in the student registering.

Requirements Clarification

We wanted to clarify the hours for field experience as we have received some questions. All 150 hours of the field experience will be managed by the Program Director. Fifty (50) precepted hours are required with twenty-five (25) of the twenty-seven (27) nutrition-related hours being directly supervised by a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. The remaining twenty-five (25) hours are directly supervised by a CDM, CFPP, DTR, or RDN.

This wording is included in 2.3 of the requirements.

Student Textbook Ordering

An updated pdf document showing a step-by-step guide of how students can order textbooks is located on the Instructor Resource Page. Please feel free to download this guide and provide to your students. This information is also available on the Students page of our website.

ANFP Job Board

ANFP has created a job board that will allow CDMs and other industry individuals to post and apply for open positions throughout the country. For students who are members, they can view the Job Board at ANFP Job Board.

Sanitation Hour CE Requirement

At its recent winter meeting, the Certifying Board for Dietary Managers (CBDM) voted to increase the number of Sanitation CE hours required of CDM, CFPPs during their three-year recertification period. The number of required sanitation CE hours will increase from five to nine effective June 1, 2017. This new policy will not impact the total number of CE hours required over three years, which will remain at 45. You can read more HERE.

Top 10 Series

The Certifying Board for Dietary Managers (CBDM) has created a Top 10 series to help keep CDMs up-to-date. This is a quick and easy reference on hot topics. These include the update on the CMS regulations, Survey Readiness and FDA Food Code. Check out the complete series HERE.

Annual Conference & Expo: Achieving Stellar Outcomes

The ANFP Annual Conference & Expo is coming up in Las Vegas from June 6-9 at the M Resort. We invite all program directors, in attendance at ACE, to join the Program Directors meeting on Thursday, June 8th from 11am – 12pm. I will provide more details closer to the date. Please complete this quick survey about attendance at the meeting.

It will be great to meet some of you there! Please find the conference details and registration HERE.

As always, please let me know how we can assist in your programs.

Thank you,