Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1801 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Naloxone Access Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1802 Legislative findings
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(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Naloxone is a relatively inexpensive opioid antagonist developed to counter the effects of opiate overdose, specifically the life-threatening depression of the central nervous and respiratory systems;(2) Naloxone will not adversely affect t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1803 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Emergency medical services technician” means an individual licensed by the Department of Health at any level established by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health under § 20-13-301 et seq. and authorized to perform emergency medical ser…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1804 Opioid antagonist — Immunity
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(a) A healthcare professional acting in good faith may directly or by standing order prescribe, dispense, and supply an opioid antagonist to:(1) A person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose;(2) A family member, friend, or other individual in a position to assi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1805 Opioid antagonist — Mandatory prescription — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Coprescribe” means to provide a prescription for an opioid antagonist when prescribing or dispensing an opioid;(2) “Healthcare professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1901 Text of compact
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SECTION 1. PURPOSE The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein and in the form substantially as follows:Click here to view table.SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to pro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1902 Administration of compact — Rules
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(a) The Department of Health is the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact administrator in this state. (b) The department may adopt rules consistent with the compact that are necessary to implement this subchapter. (c) The department is not required to…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2001 Definition
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As used in this subchapter, “childcare facility” means the same as defined in § 20-78-202.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2002 Anaphylaxis policy for childcare facilities — Informational materials
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(a) (1) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, shall establish an anaphylaxis policy for childcare facilities setting forth guidelines and procedures for both the prevention of anaphylaxis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2003 Anaphylaxis policy — Content
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(1) The anaphylaxis policy established under this subchapter shall include the following:(1) A procedure and treatment plan detailing emergency protocols and responsibilities of childcare facility personnel for responding to anaphylaxis, including weight-based dosing guidelines f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2004 Notification to parents and guardians
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(a) A childcare facility shall send a notification of the anaphylaxis policy to the parent or legal guardian of a child attending or enrolled in the childcare facility when the child is first enrolled to make the parent or legal guardian of the child aware of the anaphylaxis poli…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2005 Notification to schools and childcare facilities of anaphylaxis policy
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(a) Within one (1) year of August 5, 2025, the anaphylaxis policy established under this subchapter shall be forwarded by the Department of Education to all childcare facilities. (b) Each childcare facility shall implement or update as appropriate the anaphylaxis policy of the ch…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2006 Update of anaphylaxis policy
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The anaphylaxis policy established under this subchapter shall be updated if the Department of Education determines it is necessary or desirable for the protection of children with a food allergy or other allergy that could result in anaphylaxis.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2007 Financial support for implementation in childcare facilities
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(a) A childcare facility may apply for funding through the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant to cover costs related to:(1) Staff training on food allergy management and the administration of epinephrine; and(2) The purchasing and maintaining of an adequate supply of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-201 Title
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-202 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Air ambulance” means an aircraft, fixed or rotary wing, utilized for on-scene responses or transports deemed necessary by a physician and licensed by the Department of Health;(2) “Air ambulance services” means those services authorized and lice…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-203 Applicability
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(a) All municipal, county, or state-operated rescue services which choose to provide advanced life support skills to the general public but which do not transport patients except in mass casualty incidents shall comply with all rules and standards duly promulgated under this subc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-204 Penalties
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Any person violating this subchapter or any rule or order adopted in accordance with this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days in the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-208 State Board of Health — Powers and duties
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(a) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and standards that the board deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services A…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-209 Department of Health — Powers and duties
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(1) The Department of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to:(1) Administer this subchapter;(2) Enforce the rules and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter;(3) Employ and prescribe the duties of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-210 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-13-210Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2101 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Revenue Investment in Vital EMS Systems (ARRIVES) Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2102 Eligibility
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(a) To be eligible for funding under this subchapter, an emergency medical services agency shall:(1) Be actively licensed and in good standing in the state for no less than three (3) years from the date of the application for funding;(2) Be the provider of record for a county or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2103 Application
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(a) An emergency medical services agency shall apply with the State Board of Health for funding under this subchapter. (b) An emergency medical services agency applying for funding under this subchapter shall include in its application the following documentation:(1) Proof of sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2104 Disbursement
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(a) Any moneys assessed for disbursement from the Arkansas Revenue Investment in Vital EMS Systems (ARRIVES) Fund by the Department of Health shall be disbursed to eligible emergency medical services agencies as described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) (1) Each county sha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-2105 Rules
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The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-211 Fees
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(1) The State Board of Health may establish the fees to be charged by the Department of Health to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter, as follows:(1) The testing fee not to exceed the cost of administering the National Registry of Emergency Medical Tech…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-212 Additional fees
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(a) There is imposed an additional annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for the inspection and permitting of ambulances. The fee shall be collected in addition to the fee provided in § 20-13-211(5). (b) There is imposed an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for the iss…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-213 Ambulance standards
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All ambulances operating in this state shall meet all standards prescribed by and under this subchapter and be licensed under this subchapter, and all personnel operating ambulances in this state shall meet the standards prescribed under this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-214 Military emergency medical personnel
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(a) Military personnel who return to the State of Arkansas following active duty and who received emergency medical training on active duty shall be granted initial licensure from the Department of Health as emergency medical services personnel under this subchapter, upon proof f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-215 Award of flag upon death — Definition
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(a) When a person licensed by the Department of Health dies in the course of employment, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of the deceased person, the department, upon recommendation by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, may award one (1) United S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-216 Data collection and evaluation system — Confidentiality of records — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “data, records, reports, and documents” means recordings of interviews and all oral or written proceedings, reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, data, and other documentation collected or compiled for the purposes of nonhospital emergency medical …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-217 Gabo's Law — Police dogs — Injured on duty
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(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as “Gabo's Law”. (b) (1) An emergency medical services personnel or an emergency medical services provider may transport a police dog injured in the course of a law enforcement or correctional agency's work to a veterinary hospital…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-218 Specific health condition
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(a) Emergency medical services personnel may administer prescription medications that are:(1) Carried by a patient;(2) Administered via routes of delivery that are within the scope of training for emergency medical services personnel;(3) Intended to treat a specific health condit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-219 Emergency medical responders
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(a) The Department of Health shall establish a voluntary licensure program for emergency medical responders. (b) An emergency medical responder may be reimbursed by the Arkansas Medicaid Program and an insurance company for providing emergency medical services in the scope of his…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-220 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee — Creation — Members
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(a) There is created the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, which shall consist of eleven (11) members with a demonstrated interest in emergency medical services, to be appointed by the State Board of Health as follows:(1) One (1) member who is an emergency medical se…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-221 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee — Proceedings
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall call the first meeting of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, which shall occur within thirty (30) days after the appointment of the committee to organize as necessary to carry out the purposes of the committee as…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-222 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee — Powers and duties
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(a) In addition to the other duties set forth in this chapter, the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee shall:(1) Make recommendations for rules to be adopted by the State Board of Health on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-301 Legislative intent
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It is the intent of this subchapter to authorize the quorum court in any county to provide emergency medical services for residents of the county or any designated area of the county and to provide for levying service charges upon residents of the area to provide funds for the pu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-302 Act supplemental
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The procedures prescribed in this subchapter for the establishment of an emergency medical services program and the furnishing of emergency medical services shall be supplemental to and shall not be construed to repeal or modify any law presently in existence relating to the furn…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-303 Establishment
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(a) The quorum court of any county on its own motion or upon petition of ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county or any designated area of the county may establish by ordinance a system to provide emergency medical services to the residents of the county or the designated…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-304 Referendum — Effective date of ordinance
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(a) Within ten (10) days after the enactment of the ordinance, a copy of the ordinance in its entirety shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or in the designated area. (b) The ordinance shall be subject to the referendum which may be exercised in …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-305 Financing
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(a) Emergency medical services to be provided the residents of any county or any designated area of the county pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter may be financed by service charges levied in the ordinance establishing the service. (b) (1) The service charges may be ass…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-306 Service charges for preexisting programs
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(a) In any county in which a system of emergency medical services has been established before July 20, 1979, the quorum court of the county may levy service charges on residents of the county or designated area of the county in which services are provided to finance or assist in …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-307 Discontinuance
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(a) The quorum court of any county which has established a system of emergency medical services for the residents of the county or any designated area pursuant to the authority granted in this subchapter may, on its own motion or on petition of a majority of the qualified elector…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-401 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Insect Sting and Other Allergic Reactions Emergency Treatment Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-402 Purpose
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide a means of authorizing certain individuals to administer treatment to those persons who have severe adverse reactions to insect stings and other allergic reactions when a physician is not immediately available.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-403 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Authorized entity” means an entity or organization at which or in connection with which allergens capable of causing an anaphylactic reaction may be present, including without limitation:(A) A restaurant;(B) An amusement park; and(C) A sports a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-404 Eligibility for certificate
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(1) A person may receive a certificate under this subchapter only if the person:(1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;(2) Has, or reasonably expects to have, regular contact with at least one (1) other person as a result of the person's relationship or occupational or volunt…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-405 Authority of certificate holder
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(a) A certificate issued pursuant to this subchapter shall authorize the certificate holder to receive, upon presentation of the certificate, from any physician a prescription for premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for administration. (b) The certifi…