Since the profession of disease intervention specialist significantly affects the lives of the people of this state, it is the purpose of this chapter to protect the public by setting standards of qualification, training, and experience for those who seek to represent themselves to the public as disease intervention specialists and by promoting high standards […]
It is the intent of the General Assembly to restrict registry to those individuals who are qualified under this chapter to be disease intervention specialists. It is not the intent of the General Assembly to register persons, such as state employees, in the job classification of disease intervention specialist.
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, […]
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit members of the clergy, Christian Science practitioners, and licensed healthcare professionals, such as physicians, nurses, psychologists, and counselors, from doing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions, provided that they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or […]
(a) If any person shall practice or hold himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the practice of disease intervention and is not then currently registered to practice as a disease intervention specialist, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Upon conviction, he or she shall be […]
No registered disease intervention specialist or certified disease intervention specialist, disease intervention specialist-in-training, or his or her secretary, stenographer, or clerk, may disclose any information he or she may have acquired from persons consulting him or her in his or her professional capacity to any person except with the written consent of the person or […]
(a) All fees or payments collected by the State Board of Disease Intervention Specialists under this chapter shall be deposited into a bank designated by the board, and the board shall make a report annually to the Governor showing all receipts and disbursements of moneys and a summary of all business transacted during the year. […]
