37-25-101. Legislative finding and purpose. The legislature finds and declares that the practice of medical nutrition therapy affects the public health, safety, and welfare. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the licensing and regulation of dietitians and nutritionists in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, to ensure that dietetics and nutritional services of high quality are available to the people of Montana, and to provide a means of identifying those qualified to practice dietetics and nutrition.