(a) No official, agent, or representative of the Department of Health shall have any right under this section to enter any home over the objection of the owner of the home or to take charge of any child over the objection of either or both parents or of the person standing in loco parentis or having custody of the child.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of a parent or guardian or person standing in loco parentis to determine what treatment or correction shall be provided for a child or the agencies to be employed for these purposes.
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