(1) "CDC" means the centers for disease control and prevention.
(2) "Department" means the department of public health and environment.
(3) "Health care professional" means any person licensed in this state or any other state to practice medicine, chiropractic, nursing, physical therapy, podiatry, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, or other healing arts. The term includes any professional corporation or other professional entity comprised of such health care providers as permitted by the laws of this state, as well as certified addiction counselors.
(4) "Hepatitis C" means a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus and is also known as non-A-non-B hepatitis.
(5) "Outreach service" means services including, but not limited to, provision of educational materials and information on screening and provision of counseling services.
(6) "Program" means the hepatitis C program created in this part 20.
(7) "Screening" means administration of an examination or test exclusively for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of any physiological abnormality that might be indicative of the presence of disease.