Ark. Code Ann. § 17-98-103: Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Associate disease intervention specialist" means a person who meets the educational and specialized training requirements of this chapter, but does not meet the experience requirements established for a registered disease intervention specialist;

(2) "Continuing education unit" means value given for participation in organized continuing education experience under reasonable sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction approved by the State Board of Health;

(3) "Disease intervention" means activities used to prevent disease transmission by ensuring that those people who have a sexually transmitted disease and those who have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease are promptly located, examined, and adequately treated before any signs or symptoms of a disease appear or before any laboratory evidence of a disease is demonstrable or before an infected person would have sought treatment voluntarily;

(4) "Disease intervention specialist-in-training" means a person who meets the educational requirements of this chapter, but does not meet the specialized training requirements established for an associate disease intervention specialist; and

(5) "Registered disease intervention specialist" means a trained healthcare professional meeting the educational, specialized training, and experience requirements of this chapter who practices sexually transmitted disease intervention with patients, sex partners, and others suspected of having a sexually transmitted disease.