The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) mandates individuals with foreign degrees, educated outside the United States and its territories, to fulfill specific educational requirements and adhere to a distinct process to obtain Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD) credentials.
All FDE programs are located in a country outside of the U.S. These programs provide nutrition and dietetics coursework and supervised practice experiences in the country in which the program is located, to meet ACEND's core knowledge and competency requirements to become a nutrition and dietetics practitioner in that country. A verification statement is issued to individuals who successfully complete the program as evidence of eligibility to apply for a U.S.-based ACEND accredited dietetic internship. An individual must apply, be accepted to and complete a dietetic internship or other ACEND accredited supervised practice program in the U.S. in order to meet eligibility requirements to take CDR’s entry-level registration examination for dietitian nutritionists.
More information is found using this link: Commission on Dietetic Registration (cdrnet.org)