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Subchapter 2 - Cancer
§ 20-15-201. Reporting requirements - The Department of Health shall accumulate such data concerning cancer...
§ 20-15-202. State cancer plan - A task force consisting of public and private entities shall...
§ 20-15-203. Confidentiality - Information accumulated and maintained in the Arkansas Central Cancer Registry...
§ 20-15-204. Agreements with other states - (a) The Department of Health may enter into agreements with...
§ 20-15-205. Gifts, grants, and donations - The Department of Health may receive gifts, grants, and donations...
Subchapter 3 - Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Sickle-Cell Anemia
§ 20-15-301. Injunction - The State Board of Health shall have the power to...
§ 20-15-302. Testing of newborn infants - (a) (1) (A) All newborn infants shall be tested for...
§ 20-15-303. Exception - This subchapter shall not apply to any child whose parents...
§ 20-15-304. Administration by Department of Health - It shall be the duty of the Department of Health...
Subchapter 4 - Reye's Syndrome
§ 20-15-401. Duty of physician to report - (a) Every physician practicing medicine in the State of Arkansas...
Subchapter 5 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act
§ 20-15-501. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-15-502. Reports required - (a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city police officer, state police...
§ 20-15-503. Autopsy - (a) Upon receipt of the report, the county coroner, or...
§ 20-15-504. Limitation on autopsies - The Department of Health shall provide for the transportation and...
Subchapter 6 - Renal Diseases
§ 20-15-601. Legislative findings and purpose - (a) (1) It is declared and found that one (1)...
§ 20-15-602. State Kidney Disease Commission — Creation — Members - (a) (1) There is established a State Kidney Disease Commission...
§ 20-15-603. State Kidney Disease Commission — Powers and duties - (a) The State Kidney Disease Commission shall have the following...
§ 20-15-604. State Kidney Disease Commission — Advisory association - (a) In developing rules and in determining standards for determining...
§ 20-15-605. State Kidney Disease Commission — Disbursement of funds - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall be...
Subchapter 7 - Tuberculosis
§ 20-15-701. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “active tuberculosis” means that the...
§ 20-15-702. Penalty - Any person who violates any of the provisions of this...
§ 20-15-703. Involuntary examinations - (a) When the state, county, or city health officer shall...
§ 20-15-704. Petition to isolate patient - (a) If the health officer finds that the circumstances are...
§ 20-15-705. Notice of petition and hearing - (a) Upon receiving the petition, the court shall fix a...
§ 20-15-706. Hearing - The petition shall be heard in open court, and the...
§ 20-15-707. Commitment - (a) If upon hearing of the petition the court finds...
§ 20-15-708. Observation of rules and regulations required - (a) A person who is committed to the hospital or...
§ 20-15-709. Discharge - (a) The superintendent of the institution to which a person...
§ 20-15-710. Violations of commitment — Penalties - (a) A person committed to an institution who is found...
Subchapter 8 - Scoliosis
§ 20-15-801. Legislative determination - (a) The General Assembly recognizes that scoliosis is a terrible...
§ 20-15-802. Screening program - Every public elementary and secondary school in this state, every...
§ 20-15-803. Rules - (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in coordination...
Subchapter 9 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
§ 20-15-901. Free testing program — Confidentiality - (a) The Department of Health shall institute an acquired immune...
§ 20-15-902. Counseling — Seminars - The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the University of...
§ 20-15-903. Advising physician or dentist required — Penalty - (a) Before receiving any healthcare services of a physician or...
§ 20-15-904. Reporting — Confidentiality — Subpoenas - (a) A person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or who...
§ 20-15-905. HIV Shield Law — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected individual” means...
§ 20-15-906. Report to the Department of Health required — Privileged communications - (a) Reports shall be made to the Department of Health...
§ 20-15-907. Title - This section and §§ 20-15-908 and 20-15-909 shall be known...
§ 20-15-908. Findings and purpose - It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:...
§ 20-15-909. Implementation - The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to provide...
Subchapter 10 - Breast Cancer — Mammograms
§ 20-15-1001. Legislative findings and intent - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Breast cancer,...
§ 20-15-1002. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Accreditation body” means a...
§ 20-15-1003. Advisory committee - (a) To assure the safety and accuracy of screening and...
§ 20-15-1004. Accreditation of facilities required — Penalty - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall...
§ 20-15-1005. Fees - (a) As an accreditation body, the Department of Health may...
§ 20-15-1006. Standards certification program - The Department of Health may operate a mammography quality standards...
Subchapter 11 - Newborn Infant Hearing Screening Program
§ 20-15-1101. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a statewide...
§ 20-15-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) [Repealed.] (2) “Newborn infant...
§ 20-15-1103. Creation - (a) There is established in the Department of Health a...
§ 20-15-1104. Screening of newborns - (a) (1) All hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives shall...
§ 20-15-1105. Provision of services — Test results — Follow-up care - (a) The hospital, birthing center, or lay midwife may elect...
§ 20-15-1106. Coordination of services - The Department of Health, the Division of Elementary and Secondary...
§ 20-15-1107. Immunity - Any person or entity who reports in good faith and...
Subchapter 12 - Immunization Registration
§ 20-15-1201. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “provider” means any healthcare professional...
§ 20-15-1202. Statewide immunization registry - (a) (1) The Department of Health shall establish a statewide...
§ 20-15-1203. Duty of providers — Penalty - (a) (1) A provider shall register with the Department of...
Subchapter 13 - Breast Cancer Act of 1997
§ 20-15-1301. Title - This act shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-15-1302. Legislative findings and intent - The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Breast...
§ 20-15-1303. Breast Cancer Research Program — Funding - There is established in the University of Arkansas a Breast...
§ 20-15-1304. Advisory board — Breast Cancer Control Program - (a) (1) There is hereby established a Breast Cancer Control...
Subchapter 14 - Osteoporosis Prevention Education Act of 1997
§ 20-15-1401. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Osteoporosis Prevention Education...
§ 20-15-1402. Legislative findings - It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:...
§ 20-15-1403. Osteoporosis prevention and treatment education program — Funding - (a) The Department of Health shall coordinate with other agencies...
§ 20-15-1404. Evaluation by the Department of Health - The Department of Health may evaluate any or all of...
Subchapter 15 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program and Advisory Board
§ 20-15-1501. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Provide early...
§ 20-15-1502. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Birth admission” means the...
§ 20-15-1503. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board - (a) There is created the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking,...
§ 20-15-1504. Testing — Results - (a) After July 30, 1999, and promulgation of rules, every...
§ 20-15-1505. Exemption - No test is to be performed if the parent of...
Subchapter 19 - Arkansas Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative Act
§ 20-15-1901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-15-1902. Findings - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) (A) In 2015,...
§ 20-15-1903. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “high risk” means: (1) An...
§ 20-15-1904. Initiative for prevention of colorectal cancer - (a) There is created the Arkansas Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative...
§ 20-15-1905. Initiative requirements - The Arkansas Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative funded under this subchapter...
Subchapter 20 - Diabetes Action Plan
§ 20-15-2001. Agency collaboration - The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health...
§ 20-15-2002. Reporting - The Department of Human Services and the Department of Health...
§ 20-15-2003. Applicability - The requirements of this subchapter are limited to the diabetes...
Subchapter 21 - Right to Try Act
§ 20-15-2101. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-15-2102. Findings - It is found and determined by the General Assembly of...
§ 20-15-2103. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Eligible patient” means a...
§ 20-15-2104. Eligibility - In order for a patient to access an investigational drug,...
§ 20-15-2105. Availability - A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device...
§ 20-15-2106. Costs — Definition - (a) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or...
§ 20-15-2107. Insurance coverage - An insurance company: (1) May, but is not required to,...
§ 20-15-2108. Prohibited sanctions - The recommendation, prescription, treatment, or participation in the treatment of...
§ 20-15-2109. Remedy - The counseling, advice, or recommendation by a medical professional who...
§ 20-15-2110. Immunity - (a) Except in the case of gross negligence or willful...
§ 20-15-2111. Medicaid coverage - This subchapter does not require the Department of Human Services...
Subchapter 22 - Task Force on Alpha-gal
§ 20-15-2201. Findings — Purpose - (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) Alpha-gal allergies are a...
§ 20-15-2202. Task Force on Alpha-gal — Creation - (a) The Task Force on Alpha-gal is created. (b) The...
§ 20-15-2203. Task Force on Alpha-gal — Duties - (a) The Task Force on Alpha-gal shall make recommendations designed...
Subchapter 23 - Maternal Mortality Review Committee
§ 20-15-2301. Maternal Mortality Review Committee - (a) (1) The Department of Health shall establish the Maternal...
§ 20-15-2302. Powers and duties - The Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall: (1) Review pregnancy-associated deaths...
§ 20-15-2303. Access to records - (a) Healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies shall provide reasonable...
§ 20-15-2304. Confidentiality - (a) (1) Information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other...
§ 20-15-2305. Disclosure - Disclosure of protected health information is allowed for public health,...
§ 20-15-2306. Immunity from liability - State, local, or regional committee members are immune from civil...
§ 20-15-2307. Reporting - (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall...
Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee
§ 20-15-2401. Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee - (a) (1) The Department of Health shall establish the Maternal...
§ 20-15-2402. Powers and duties - The Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee shall: (1)...
§ 20-15-2403. Access to records - (a) Healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies shall provide reasonable...
§ 20-15-2404. Confidentiality - (a) (1) Information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other...
§ 20-15-2405. Disclosure - Disclosure of protected health information is allowed for public health,...
§ 20-15-2406. Immunity from liability - State, local, or regional members of the Maternal and Perinatal...
§ 20-15-2407. Reporting - (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality...