Governance

The purposes of the Society, in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal
Revenue Code, are:

1. To promote safe and effective nutrition support therapy.
2. To promote professional communication among and within professional disciplines in the broad field of clinical nutrition including parenteral and enteral nutrition;
3. To promote and support basic and translational research to the practice of nutritionally sound
   medicine;
4. To encourage professional competence of practitioners and investigators in the field of clinical nutrition, including parenteral and enteral nutrition, and the improvement of patient care through specific postgraduate and continuing education programs.