Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Food Service Establishments
§ 20-57-203. Secretary of the Department of Health — Powers and duties

The Secretary of the Department of Health shall have:
(1) Power and authority to prevent the proliferation of infections, contagious, and communicable diseases resulting from unsanitary food service operations; and
(2) Direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all such diseases within the state and to suppress the diseases and prevent their spread.