{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-98-103","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-98-103","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter:\n\n(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;\n\n(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;\n\n(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;\n\n(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\n\n(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.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 98","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"02ad3ef235764794921145d762eb0261c7c69dcad343c8b5935bfa8d6fbf5bd9","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-98-102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-98-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}