Simplifying Legal For Influencer
Marketing Professionals

Simplifying Legal For Dietitians
& Nutritionists

Running a nutrition business comes with some unique legal considerations. We make them easier to navigate.

Tailored to Your Nutrition Business:

  • Private Practices & Telehealth Services
  • Nutrition Education
  • Group Programs, Courses & Memberships
  • Supplements & Product Recommendations
  • Content, Partnerships & Brand Collaborations

Because Your Practice Is Also a Business

There’s a lot that goes into running a nutrition practice.

You may be expanding your services, developing programs, or finding new ways to work with clients.

We can help you navigate the legal questions that are specific to nutrition practices while also handling the legal that comes with running a business.

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Legal Services

Licensing & Scope of Practice

  • State Licensing Requirements: Guidance on when a license may be required and how state nutrition and dietetics laws apply to your services.
  • Multi-State & Virtual Practices: Guidance on licensing and scope of practice requirements when working with clients in multiple states or providing services virtually.
  • Scope of Practice: Guidance on whether particular services, testing, recommendations, diagnoses, or other activities fall within the scope permitted by applicable law.
  • New Services: Legal review when adding new services or changing how you work with clients.

Contracts

  • Client Agreements: Agreements for individual nutrition services, packages, group programs, memberships, and other client offerings.
  • Employment & Contractor Agreements: Employment and independent contractor agreements for dietitians, nutritionists, administrative staff, and other team members.
  • Partnership & Collaboration Agreements: Agreements for projects, programs, events, referrals, and other collaborations with practitioners, businesses, and organizations.
  • Brand & Sponsorship Agreements: Review and negotiation of agreements for sponsored content, affiliate relationships, speaking engagements, and other brand opportunities.
  • AI Policies & Contract Terms: Policies and contract terms addressing the use of AI in client services, including AI charting and documentation, client information, confidentiality, and other uses of AI in your practice.

Supplements, Testing & Recommendations

  • Supplements: Guidance on legal issues involving supplement recommendations, sales, affiliate relationships, and related claims.
  • Testing: Guidance on legal considerations involving ordering, facilitating, or discussing testing and test results.
  • Health & Nutrition Claims: Review of claims about services, programs, supplements, products, and other wellness offerings.
  • Disclosures & Disclaimers: Disclosures and disclaimers based on the services, products, recommendations, and information you provide.

Websites, Privacy & Online Programs

  • Privacy Policies: Privacy policies based on how your website and business collect and use information, including online forms, email marketing, analytics, and other third-party services.
  • Terms of Use & Disclaimers: Website terms and disclaimers addressing use of your site, content, intellectual property, and nutrition, health, or other informational content.
  • Courses & Memberships: Terms and policies for courses, memberships, group programs, and other online offerings, including payment, refunds, access, and intellectual property.
  • Online Forms & Information Collection: Guidance on privacy and other legal considerations when collecting health and other personal information online.

Intellectual Property

  • Trademarks: Trademark searches, applications, and registrations for business names, programs, courses, memberships, products, and other branded offerings.
  • Copyrights: Copyright registration for written content, courses, handouts, educational materials, photographs, videos, and other original work.
  • Licensing: Licensing agreements covering the use of copyrighted content, trademarks, educational materials, and other intellectual property.
  • Methodologies: Guidance on which aspects of a methodology may be legally protected and how contracts, intellectual property rights, and business practices can be used together.

Strategy Sessions

Sometimes, you just have questions.

Strategy Sessions give us 30 minutes to focus on the legal questions you want to discuss, including:

  • Licensing and scope of practice
  • Multi-state and virtual practices
  • Supplements, testing, and recommendations
  • AI charting and other uses of AI
  • Client and contract questions
  • Online programs and memberships
  • Copyrights and trademarks
  • New services and offerings
  • Strategy Sessions are $375 and are conducted via Zoom or phone.

Wellmarkable®

Ready to trademark your nutrition business or brand?

Wellmarkable®is our trademark search and application service created for nutrition and wellness professionals.

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Remember LISS

Legal Is Simple Seriously

(Big thanks to my parents for giving me a last name that could also be used as an acronym to capture my legal philosophy.)

Danielle Liss, Esq.

Danielle started blogging in 2004 and continued for more than a decade. During that time, she became a sought-after speaker due to her ability to simplify legal for bloggers and influencers.

Danielle worked as Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel for an influencer network that focused on health and fitness campaigns. Plus, she has extensive experience working with bloggers, influencers, networks, agencies, and brands on matters related to influencer marketing.

Want to discuss your legal needs? Let’s talk!

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