(a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, medical indigents shall include all residents of this state who are unable to pay part or all of the cost of necessary medical and hospital services, but shall not include any person for whom medical and hospital services are paid by the Department of Human Services.
(b) Each county judge or chief administrative officer of a municipality affected by this subchapter is authorized to establish necessary rules and regulations to be followed in determining medical indigency of persons seeking admission to the medical center under the provisions of this subchapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally
Chapter 64 - University of Arkansas
Subchapter 5 - State Medical Center — Admission of Patients
§ 6-64-501. Purpose of subchapter
§ 6-64-502. Admission of other patients not affected by subchapter
§ 6-64-503. Medical indigents — Determination of status
§ 6-64-504. Admission as medical indigent — Certification procedure
§ 6-64-505. Medical indigents — Quota of patients from counties and municipalities
§ 6-64-506. Medical indigents — Patients not charged against quotas
§ 6-64-507. Medical indigents — Charges for costs in excess of quota — Payment or collection