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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-7-101. Violations — Penalties - (a) (1) Every firm, person, or corporation violating any of...
§ 20-7-102. Members — Appointment - (a) The State Board of Health shall consist of the...
§ 20-7-103. Members — Officers - (a) The members of the State Board of Health shall...
§ 20-7-104. Members — Compensation - All appointed members of the State Board of Health may...
§ 20-7-105. Proceedings - (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall meet at...
§ 20-7-106. Office - The office of the State Board of Health shall be...
§ 20-7-107. Appointment of assistant director - The Secretary of the Department of Health may appoint and...
§ 20-7-108. Engagement of certain personnel - The Department of Health may engage suitable persons to render...
§ 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health — Exceptions - (a) (1) Power is conferred on the State Board of...
§ 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases - (a) (1) The State Board of Health has general supervision...
§ 20-7-111. Administration of certain federal acts - (a) The State of Arkansas does accept the benefits of...
§ 20-7-112. Inspections - (a) It is made the duty of all officers and...
§ 20-7-113. Nuisances - (a) (1) At any time, the Governor may require the...
§ 20-7-114. Public health laboratory - (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall establish, equip,...
§ 20-7-115. Transportation of dead bodies - (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall prepare the...
§ 20-7-117. Hospices — Definition — State Hospice Office — Creation - (a) There is created within the Department of Health a...
§ 20-7-118. Annual conference for health officers - (a) There shall be an annual conference of county health...
§ 20-7-119. Identification tags and bracelets - (a) When application is made and upon the payment of...
§ 20-7-120. No right to enter home or take charge of children - (a) No official, agent, or representative of the Department of...
§ 20-7-121. Annual report - (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board...
§ 20-7-122. Reports for general distribution - The State Board of Health may publish for general distribution...
§ 20-7-123. Fees - (a) All revenue derived from fees collected pursuant to this...
§ 20-7-124. Disposition of certain fees - All fees collected by the Department of Health for food-related...
§ 20-7-125. Payment of certain salaries and expenses - All salaries and other expenses provided for by this act...
§ 20-7-126. Payment of overtime for home health employees - (a) The Department of Health may make overtime payments to...
§ 20-7-128. Maintenance fee for breath-testing instruments - (a) (1) The State Board of Health may assess a...
§ 20-7-129. Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services - (a) (1) The Department of Health may implement a reimbursement...
§ 20-7-130. Recovery of expenditures for extraordinary operations - (a) The purpose of this section is to more equitably...
§ 20-7-131. Local control of county or city units of Department of Health - (a) The mayor or county judge of any city or...
§ 20-7-132. Guidelines for cleanup of clandestine methamphetamine labs - (a) The Department of Health shall develop guidelines for the...
§ 20-7-133. Child Health Advisory Committee — Creation - (a) There is created a Child Health Advisory Committee to...
§ 20-7-134. Powers and duties - (a) The Child Health Advisory Committee shall meet at least...
§ 20-7-135. Nutrition and physical activity standards — Implementation - (a) After having consulted the Child Health Advisory Committee and...
§ 20-7-136. Statewide fluoridation program — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “water system” means a...
§ 20-7-137. Soccer goal safety — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “public recreation area”...
§ 20-7-140. Arkansas standards for human breast milk - (a) The Department of Health shall establish, by rule, standards...
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Health Department Building and Local Grant Act
§ 20-7-201. Title - This subchapter may be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-7-202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Acquire” means to...
§ 20-7-203. Disposition of funds - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health may construct...
§ 20-7-204. State Health Department Building and Local Grant Trust Fund - (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer...
§ 20-7-205. Rules — Application for grants - (a) (1) The State Board of Health may develop and...
§ 20-7-206. Participation conditioned - Participation in the grant programs shall be conditioned on compliance...
Subchapter 3 - State Health Data Clearinghouse Act
§ 20-7-301. Title - This subchapter shall be entitled the “State Health Data Clearinghouse...
§ 20-7-302. Purpose - The General Assembly finds that as a result of rising...
§ 20-7-303. Collection and dissemination of health data - (a) With the approval of the State Board of Health,...
§ 20-7-304. Release of health data - The Secretary of the Department of Health may release data...
§ 20-7-305. State Board of Health to prescribe rules — Data collected not subject to discovery - (a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe and enforce...
§ 20-7-306. Reports — Assistance - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall prepare...
§ 20-7-307. Penalties - (a) (1) Any person, firm, corporation, organization, or institution that...
§ 20-7-308. Repealer - All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this...
§ 20-7-309. List of substances used to alter samples in drug or alcohol screening tests - The Department of Health shall maintain and update as part...
§ 20-7-310. Construction with other laws - Nothing in this act shall be construed to encourage, conflict,...
Subchapter 4 - Department of Health Public Health Laboratory Act of 2003
§ 20-7-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-7-402. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to better serve...
§ 20-7-403. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Authority” means the Arkansas...
§ 20-7-404. Approval of construction - (a) (1) The laboratory shall be constructed subject to approval...
§ 20-7-405. Financing of construction and renovation - (a) (1) To finance the construction of the laboratory and...
§ 20-7-406. Security for indebtedness - (a) The payment and other obligations of the State Board...
§ 20-7-407. Fees - In addition to the fees authorized by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(H) and...
§ 20-7-408. Disposition of certain fees - (a) (1) Except as set forth in this subchapter, all...
§ 20-7-409. State Board of Health Public Health Laboratory Construction Fund - The proceeds of the loan other than amounts required to...
§ 20-7-410. Investment of funds - (a) All moneys held at any time in the State...
§ 20-7-411. Formation of contracts - (a) The authorizing resolution and each agreement or other writing...
§ 20-7-412. Limitations on liability - Neither the Secretary of the Department of Health nor any...
Subchapter 5 - Arkansas Health-Conscious Shopper Act
§ 20-7-501. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-7-502. Findings — Intent - (a) The General Assembly finds that shopping cart handles may...
§ 20-7-503. Arkansas Health-Conscious Shopper Program - (a) There is created the Arkansas Health-Conscious Shopper Program. (b)...
§ 20-7-504. Department of Health — Guidelines - The Department of Health shall develop guidelines for businesses in...
Subchapter 6 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act
§ 20-7-601. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-7-602. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the state...
§ 20-7-603. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Arkansas Medicaid prescription...
§ 20-7-604. Requirements for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - (a) The State Board of Health shall create the Prescription...
§ 20-7-605. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee — Creation — Members - (a) The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee shall be...
§ 20-7-606. Confidentiality - (a) Prescription information submitted to the Department of Health under...
§ 20-7-607. Providing prescription monitoring information - (a) (1) (A) (i) The Department of Health shall review...
§ 20-7-608. Information exchange with other prescription drug monitoring programs - (a) The Department of Health may provide prescription monitoring information...
§ 20-7-609. Authority to contract - (a) The Department of Health may contract with another agency...
§ 20-7-610. Authority to seek funding - (a) The Department of Health may make application for, receive,...
§ 20-7-611. Unlawful acts and penalties - (a) (1) It is unlawful for a dispenser to purposely...
§ 20-7-612. Privacy rights protected - This subchapter does not give authority to any person, agency,...
§ 20-7-613. Rules - The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement...
§ 20-7-614. Effective date - (a) The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program shall become operational March...
§ 20-7-615. Prescriber with a prescription drug violation - (a) A prescriber who has been found by his or...
Subchapter 7 - Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Act
§ 20-7-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-7-702. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Chronic nonmalignant pain” means...
§ 20-7-703. Opioid prescribing guidelines for emergency department - (a) A hospital with an emergency department shall adopt guidelines...
§ 20-7-704. Prescriber education - (a) (1) Within the first two (2) years of being...
§ 20-7-705. Licensing board rules - (a) A licensing board that licenses individuals with prescriptive authority...
§ 20-7-706. Patient evaluation - A patient who is being treated with controlled substances for...
§ 20-7-707. Prescriber requirements - (a) For a patient with chronic nonmalignant pain, a prescriber,...
§ 20-7-708. Immunity - A prescriber or licensed healthcare facility that in good faith...