Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

(a) The authority to promulgate rules for the efficient enforcement of this subchapter is vested in the State Board of Health. (b) Before the rules or amendments thereto shall become effective, the board shall publish notice two (2) times weekly for two (2) consecutive weeks in a…

(a) Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be subject to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than three (3) years nor more than five (5) years. (b) For the second or any subsequent viol…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, except as provided in this subchapter, to use, possess, have in one's possession, sell, exchange, give or attempt to give to another, barter, or otherwise dispose of:(1) Lysergic acid;(2) LSD, which is d-lysergic acid diethylamide;(3) DMT,…

(1) The drugs enumerated in § 20-64-402 may lawfully be possessed by:(1) A manufacturer licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration to produce and distribute the drugs, or his or her agent, to be sold only to a person authorized in this section to possess the drugs…

Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to the sale of chemicals or poisons for use for nonmedical purposes, or for uses as insecticides or biologics or medicine used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of animals or fowl, and uses for agricultural use which comply …

(a) This subchapter shall be construed to repeal only those provisions of the pharmacy laws of Arkansas in direct and specific conflict herewith. (b) The provisions of this subchapter shall otherwise be cumulative to the pharmacy laws of Arkansas.

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Blood” means whole blood collected from a single donor and processed either for transfusion or further manufacturing;(2) “Blood component” means that part of blood separated by physical or mechanical means…

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale by advertisement, circular, letter, sign, oral solicitation, or any other means any prescription drug unless the person holds and possesses a permit authorizing the sale as provided by this subchapter.

(a) Every wholesale distributor who shall engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs, to include without limitation, manufacturing in this state, shipping into this state, or selling or offering to sell in this state, shall register annually with the Arkansas Stat…

(a) All wholesale distributors must, before shipping to a recipient in this state any prescription drug as defined in this subchapter, ascertain that the person to whom shipment is made is either a physician licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board, a licensed doctor of denti…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt rules for the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs which promote the public health and welfare and which comply with the minimum standards, terms, and conditions of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act and federal regula…

(1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke or suspend an existing license or may refuse to issue a license under this subchapter if the holder or applicant has committed or is found guilty by the board of any of the following:(1) Violation of any federal, state, or local…

(a) After notice and hearing, whenever the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy has found a licensee to have committed any act enumerated in § 20-64-508, the board shall have the power to impose a civil penalty and may order the license to be suspended until the penalty is paid. (b) …

The procedure for notice, hearing, and appeals therefrom shall be that of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy set forth in § 17-92-313, and that of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

A person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may conduct inspections upon all premises purporting or appearing to be used by a person licensed under this subchapter.(2) The board in its discretion may accept a satisfactory inspection by the United States Food and Drug Administrat…

The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may, in its discretion and in addition to various remedies provided by law under this subchapter, apply to a court having competent jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter for a writ of injunction to restrain violations of this subcha…

A.C.A. § 20-64-601Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall:(1) Coordinate all state and federally funded programs dealing with alcohol and drug abuse in the state;(2) Provide information to the public on the problems and needs of al…

The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall be the single state authority and shall have primary responsibility for administering the state plan on alcohol abuse and alcoholism and the state plan on drug abuse prevention.

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to help prevent broken homes and the loss of life, health, money, and property by creating an agency which shall coordinate the efforts of all interested and affected state and local agencies; develop educational and preventative programs; pr…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Alcoholic” means any person who chronically and habitually uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that the person has lost the power of self-control with respect to the use of such beverages, or who while …

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes sought in it.

(1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall have the following duties and functions:(1) Carry on a continuing study of the problems of alcoholism in this state and seek to focus public attention on the problems;(2) Es…

(a) (1) The Deputy Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, on behalf of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, may receive any federal means, grants, c…

The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall be responsible for the adoption of all policies and shall make all rules appropriate to the proper accomplishment of its functions under this subchapter and to the allocation of…

(a) To effectuate the purpose of this subchapter and to make maximum use of existing facilities and personnel, it is the duty of all departments and agencies of the state government and all officers and employees of the state, when requested by the Division of Aging, Adult, and B…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Administrator” refers to the chief administrative officer or executive director of any private or public facility or program designated as a receiving facility or program by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the De…

The circuit courts of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction for the involuntary commitment procedures initiated pursuant to this subchapter. The circuit judge may conduct hearings pursuant to this subchapter in a receiving facility or program where the person is detained o…

The prosecuting attorney, deputy prosecuting attorneys, the Prosecutor Coordinator, law enforcement officers, governing boards of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, employees of the division, governing boards of desig…

Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way restrict the right of any person to attempt to secure his or her freedom by a habeas corpus proceeding as provided by current Arkansas law.

(a) To assure compliance with this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, through its authorized agents, may visit or investigate any receiving facility or program to which persons are admitted or committed un…

Any person who believes himself or herself to be addicted to alcohol or other drugs may apply to the administrator or his or her designee of a receiving facility or program for admission. If the administrator or his or her designee shall be satisfied after examination of the appl…

(a) If at any time the person who has voluntarily admitted himself or herself to a receiving facility or program makes a request to leave, the administrator or his or her designee may file or cause to be filed a petition for involuntary commitment. (b) If the administrator or his…

(a) (1) Treatment staff shall immediately inform the prosecuting attorney of the county where the receiving facility or program is located if, in the opinion of the treatment staff, a person who voluntarily admitted himself or herself meets the criteria for involuntary commitment…

(a) Any person having any reason to believe that a person is homicidal, suicidal, or gravely disabled may file a petition with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the person alleged to be addicted to alcohol or other drugs resides or is detained and be represent…

(a) Any person filing a petition for involuntary commitment may append thereto a petition for immediate detention. (b) The request for immediate detention shall be verified and shall:(1) State with particularity facts personally known to the affiant which establish reasonable cau…

(1) Every petition for involuntary commitment shall include or contain as an attachment the following statement of rights:(1) That the person has the right to effective assistance of counsel, including the right to a court-appointed attorney;(2) That the person and his or her att…

(a) If it appears to the court that a person sought to be committed is in need of counsel, counsel shall be appointed immediately upon filing of the petition. Whenever legal counsel is appointed by the court, such court shall determine the amount of the fee, if any, to be paid th…

(a) In each case a hearing shall be set by the court within five (5) days, excluding weekends and holidays, of the filing of a petition for involuntary commitment, with a request for continued detention or for involuntary commitment with a request for immediate detention. (b) (1)…

The pleadings in each case shall be deemed to conform to the proof. The court is hereby authorized to enter orders of involuntary commitment pursuant to § 20-47-201 et seq., conforming thereto.

The petition may be filed by the local prosecuting attorney, an attorney representing the petitioner, or pro se. The county shall establish an indigency fund to permit the petitioner to request a court-appointed attorney by filing an affidavit of indigency. The attorney may be al…

(a) An additional forty-five-day commitment order may be requested if in the opinion of the treatment staff a person remains suicidal, homicidal, or gravely disabled. (b) (1) (A) Any request for periods of additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be made by a petition…

(a) At any time during detention, the person may be converted to voluntary status if the person's certified substance abuse counselor files a written statement of consent with the court. The court shall dismiss the petition immediately upon the filing of said statement. (b) If, u…

(a) If any person is released from detention before the expiration of the period of commitment, the court may condition the release upon the person's compliance with outpatient treatment for the time not to exceed the duration of the commitment order and at the receiving facility…

All commitment orders authorized herein shall be considered final and appealable under Rule 2 of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure — Civil.

No person admitted voluntarily or committed involuntarily to a receiving facility or program under this subchapter shall be considered incompetent per se by virtue of the admission or commitment.

Any person willfully making false statements on a petition for involuntary commitment, petition for involuntary commitment with request for continued detention, or petition for involuntary commitment with request for immediate detention, or who willfully makes false statements fo…

(a) (1) Any person legally obligated to support a person in treatment from a receiving facility or program shall pay to the receiving facility or program an amount to be fixed by the receiving facility or program as the cost for treatment.(2) The amounts shall be a debt of the ob…

The purpose of this subchapter is to require all persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations holding themselves out to the public as alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs in the State of Arkansas to meet the licensure standards set by the Division of Aging, Adult, an…