Arkansas Code § 17-98-104 - Exemptions

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit members of the clergy, Christian Science practitioners, and licensed health care 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 description of services as a disease intervention specialist.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the employment by healthcare facilities of persons who commonly perform services within the definition of disease intervention, so long as the services are performed within the course of and scope of their employment as employees of healthcare facilities and they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description of services as disease intervention specialists. This chapter does not require an employee of a healthcare facility to be registered as disease intervention specialists as a condition of employment.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the activities of a student or other person preparing for the profession of disease intervention specialist, provided that disease intervention is performed only under qualified supervision.

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