The Secretary of the Department of Health may appoint and employ an assistant director who shall be knowledgeable in the field of public health and whose duty it shall be to assist the secretary in the general supervision of the affairs of his or her office and in the enforcement of quarantine and sanitation throughout the state.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-7-101. Violations — Penalties
§ 20-7-102. Members — Appointment
§ 20-7-103. Members — Officers
§ 20-7-104. Members — Compensation
§ 20-7-107. Appointment of assistant director
§ 20-7-108. Engagement of certain personnel
§ 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health — Exceptions
§ 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases
§ 20-7-111. Administration of certain federal acts
§ 20-7-114. Public health laboratory
§ 20-7-115. Transportation of dead bodies
§ 20-7-117. Hospices — Definition — State Hospice Office — Creation
§ 20-7-118. Annual conference for health officers
§ 20-7-119. Identification tags and bracelets
§ 20-7-120. No right to enter home or take charge of children
§ 20-7-122. Reports for general distribution
§ 20-7-124. Disposition of certain fees
§ 20-7-125. Payment of certain salaries and expenses
§ 20-7-126. Payment of overtime for home health employees
§ 20-7-128. Maintenance fee for breath-testing instruments
§ 20-7-129. Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services
§ 20-7-130. Recovery of expenditures for extraordinary operations
§ 20-7-131. Local control of county or city units of Department of Health
§ 20-7-132. Guidelines for cleanup of clandestine methamphetamine labs
§ 20-7-133. Child Health Advisory Committee — Creation
§ 20-7-135. Nutrition and physical activity standards — Implementation
§ 20-7-136. Statewide fluoridation program — Definition