As used in ss. 408.601-408.604, the term:

1. (1) "Department" means the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
2. (2) "Primary prevention" means interventions directed toward healthy populations with a focus on avoiding disease prior to its occurrence.
3. (3) "Secondary prevention" means interventions designed to promote the early detection and treatment of diseases and to reduce the risks experienced by at-risk populations.

4. (4) "Tertiary prevention" means interventions directed at rehabilitating and minimizing the effects of disease in a chronically ill population.

   ¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.

History.--s. 108, ch. 92-33.