Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

(a) If the health officer finds that the circumstances are not suitable for proper isolation or contagious control of the case by any type of local quarantine and if the person will not voluntarily seek medical treatment and is a source of danger to others, then the health office…

(a) Upon receiving the petition, the court shall fix a date for a hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of the petition, with the time and place for the hearing, to be served personally at least seven (7) days before the hearing upon the person who has tuberculosis and i…

The petition shall be heard in open court, and the respondent to the petition shall have the privilege of counsel of his or her own selection.

(a) If upon hearing of the petition the court finds that the circumstances are not suitable for proper isolation or contagious control of the case by any type of local quarantine and that the person will not voluntarily seek medical treatment and is a source of danger to others, …

(a) A person who is committed to the hospital or sanatorium under the provisions of this subchapter shall observe all the rules and regulations of the hospital or sanatorium. (b) The superintendent of the institution may file a complaint in the district court against a person com…

(a) The superintendent of the institution to which a person has been committed under this subchapter may discharge the person so committed upon signing and placing among the records of the institution a statement that the person has obeyed the rules and regulations of the institu…

(a) A person committed to an institution who is found guilty of violating the rules and regulations of the institution or of conducting himself or herself in a disorderly manner may be confined for a period not to exceed six (6) months in any place where persons convicted of diso…

(a) The General Assembly recognizes that scoliosis is a terrible disease of the spine which attacks young children during their formative years and that the spinal curvature can be relatively easily detected and should be treated as early as possible. (b) The General Assembly has…

Every public elementary and secondary school in this state, every other institution supported by state funds which provides education to our minor children, and all private institutions which provide education to our minor children shall as soon as possible institute a continuing…

(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, in coordination with the State Board of Health, shall promulgate rules as soon as possible to implement this subchapter. (b) The rules shall provide that:(1) A child is not to be screened if his or her parent or guardian obj…

(a) The Department of Health shall institute an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) testing program whereby any citizen may be tested for the virus without charge. (b) The program shall be so devised as to maintain secrecy as to the identification of persons voluntarily pa…

The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Department of Health shall jointly provide counseling and shall also conduct public seminars designed to educate the public regarding acquired immune deficiency syndrome (…

(a) Before receiving any healthcare services of a physician or dentist, any person who is found to have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection shall advise the physician or dentist that the person has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. (b) Any person failing or r…

(a) A person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or who tests positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen or antibodies is infectious to others through the exchange of body fluids during sexual intercourse and through the parenteral transfer…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Affected individual” means a healthcare provider, employee of a health facility, or emergency response worker who is involved in a direct skin or mucous membrane contact with the blood or bodily fluids of another individual;(2) “Emergency response…

(a) Reports shall be made to the Department of Health in the form and manner as may be required by the department for all persons who have been determined to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or who have tested positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus antig…

This section and §§ 20-15-908 and 20-15-909 shall be known and may be cited as the “Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Medications Act of 2001”.

(1) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that:(1) The citizens of Arkansas suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) should have access to the latest drug therapies;(2) The continued spread of human immunodeficien…

The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to provide for the distribution of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medications to Arkansas citizens without ample resources or available avenues to acquire their medically necessary m…