(a) The General Assembly finds that this subchapter is necessary to provide an alternative process to formal judicial or administrative appeals of deficiencies for long-term care facilities as a means for faster, more efficient, and less expensive resolution of disputes concerning deficiencies cited against long-term care facilities.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide a process supplemental to formal appeal that is both fair and impartial to all parties to address disputes between long-term care facilities and the Office of Long-Term Care when a deficiency is cited against a long-term care facility.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 10 - Long-Term Care Facilities and Services
Subchapter 19 - Dispute Resolution for Long-Term Care Facilities
§ 20-10-1903. Informal dispute resolution hearing
§ 20-10-1904. Impartial decision maker — Qualifications
§ 20-10-1905. Request for informal dispute resolution
§ 20-10-1906. Scheduling informal dispute resolution hearings — Submission of documentary evidence
§ 20-10-1907. Informal dispute resolution hearing — Conduct
§ 20-10-1908. Determination of impartial decision maker and Office of Long-Term Care
§ 20-10-1909. Matters not subject to informal dispute resolution
§ 20-10-1910. Effect of request for informal dispute resolution