Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Commercial medical waste” means any medical waste transported from a generator to an off-site disposal facility when the off-site disposal facility is engaged in medical waste disposal for profit;(2) [Repealed.](3) “Facility” means all contiguous …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-102 On-site facility
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A healthcare facility accepting medical waste for disposal from the physicians and surgeons who are on the staff of the healthcare facility shall be classified as an on-site facility and shall not be subject to this chapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-103 Penalties
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(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony. Upon conviction, that person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or both. (b) In addition, any pe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-104 Disposition of fees and fines
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(a) All fees and fines levied and collected under §§ 20-32-103 and 20-32-107 are declared to be special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Public Health Fund to be used exclusively for the enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-105 Authorization to stop vehicles suspected of transporting commercial medical waste
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(a) (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police and the enforcement officers of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation may stop vehicles suspected of transporting commercial medical waste to assure that all required permits for transportin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-106 Rules
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(a) The Department of Health may regulate the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare-related facilities. (b) These rules shall include:(1) Criteria for issuing operational licenses to treaters or dispos…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-107 License to transport, treat, or dispose
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(a) No person may transport, treat, or dispose of commercial medical waste without first obtaining an operating license from the Department of Health. (b) The treater or disposer, or transporter shall submit an application for an operating license and an application fee of two hu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-108 Applications — Procedure generally
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(a) This section shall not apply to commercial medical waste incineration facilities which are required to comply with the provisions for obtaining a permit under § 8-6-1301 et seq. (b) No person shall operate or construct a commercial medical waste facility without submitting an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-109 Location requirements
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(1) No applications shall be accepted nor shall permits be issued pursuant to § 20-32-108 by the Department of Health for the construction or operation of a facility in which any of the following factors is present:(1) The location of the facility is within a “regulatory floodway…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-110 Transportation requirements
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(a) No operational licenses shall be issued to any transporter of commercial medical waste unless that transporter shows evidence that:(1) Each vehicle used for the transportation of commercial medical waste is covered by liability insurance in an amount specified by the Departme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-111 Scope of authority
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of cities and counties to enact zoning regulations or procedures that control the location of medical waste facilities or sites.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-32-112 Violations — Penalties
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(a) Any person or carrier, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, while operating any vehicle transporting medical waste or which is authorized to transport medical waste, who shall violate any of the rules, including safety rules, prescribed or hereafter pre…