Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.

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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-101 Violations — Penalties
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(a) (1) Every firm, person, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act or any of the orders or rules issued in accordance with this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-102 Members — Appointment
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(a) The State Board of Health shall consist of the following members, to be appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate as follows:(1) (A) Seven (7) members of the board shall be licensed medical doctors of good professional standing, to be appointed by the Go…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-103 Members — Officers
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(a) The members of the State Board of Health shall elect one (1) of the members as president. (b) (1) The State Board of Health shall nominate to the Governor a Director of the Department of Health.(2) (A) The Governor shall appoint the director who shall serve at the pleasure of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-104 Members — Compensation
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All appointed members of the State Board of Health may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-105 Proceedings
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(a) (1) The State Board of Health shall meet at least one (1) time every three (3) months.(2) Upon the call of the President of the State Board of Health or a majority of the members of the board, the board shall meet at such other times as may be necessary in the interest of pub…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-106 Office
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The office of the State Board of Health shall be located in Little Rock, and the board shall be furnished with all necessary equipment and supplies, including laboratory supplies, books, stationery, blanks, furniture, etc., as are provided other officers of the state and as are n…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-107 Appointment of assistant director
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The Secretary of the Department of Health may appoint and employ an assistant director who shall be knowledgeable in the field of public health and whose duty it shall be to assist the secretary in the general supervision of the affairs of his or her office and in the enforcement…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-108 Engagement of certain personnel
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The Department of Health may engage suitable persons to render sanitary service, to make or supervise practical and scientific investigations and examinations requiring expert skill, and to prepare plans and to report relative to sanitary service.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-109 Authority to regulate public health — Exceptions
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(a) (1) Power is conferred on the State Board of Health to make all necessary and reasonable rules of a general nature for:(A) The protection of the public health and safety;(B) The general amelioration of the sanitary and hygienic conditions within the state;(C) The suppression …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-110 Study and prevention of diseases
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(a) (1) The State Board of Health has general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the health of the citizens of this state.(2) The board shall make a study of the causes and prevention of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases, and, except as otherwise…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-111 Administration of certain federal acts
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(a) The State of Arkansas does accept the benefits of any acts now passed or hereafter to be passed by the United States Congress to provide for cooperation with the states in the protection of mothers and infants and promotion of a public health program. (b) (1) The State Board …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-112 Inspections
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(a) It is made the duty of all officers and agents who have the control, charge, or custody of any public structure, work, grounds, or erection, or of any plan, description, outlines, drawings, or charts thereof or relating thereto, made, kept, or controlled under any public auth…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-113 Nuisances
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(a) (1) At any time, the Governor may require the State Board of Health to examine nuisances or questions affecting the security of life and health in any locality in the state, and in such cases the State Board of Health shall have all the necessary powers to make those examinat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-114 Public health laboratory
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(a) (1) The State Board of Health shall establish, equip, and maintain a public health laboratory that shall be used for making:(A) Analyses of foods and drugs to enforce pure food and drug laws;(B) Analyses of the environment to investigate cases or suspected cases of human expo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-115 Transportation of dead bodies
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(a) (1) The State Board of Health shall prepare the necessary methods and forms and prescribe the rules regulating the issue and use of transfer permits, with the proper coupons attached thereto, to be issued by local organized boards of health or health officers, for the transpo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-116 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-116Current 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. § 20-7-117 Hospices — Definition — State Hospice Office — Creation
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(a) There is created within the Department of Health a State Hospice Office to be administered in a division of the department to be designated by the Secretary of the Department of Health. (b) (1) The office shall:(A) Coordinate the care of terminally ill persons with all existi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-118 Annual conference for health officers
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(a) There shall be an annual conference of county health officers and city health officers of this state, meeting at such time and place as the State Board of Health designates. The President of the State Board of Health or some member of the board shall preside at the conference…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-119 Identification tags and bracelets
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(a) When application is made and upon the payment of the fees provided in this section, the Department of Health may prepare and furnish to the applicant either a suitable metal tag commonly referred to as “dog tag” or an identification bracelet which may be inscribed with, in ad…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-120 No right to enter home or take charge of children
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(a) No official, agent, or representative of the Department of Health shall have any right under this section to enter any home over the objection of the owner of the home or to take charge of any child over the objection of either or both parents or of the person standing in loc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-121 Annual report
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(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to make an annual written report through the Secretary of the Department of Health to the Governor on or before January 1 of each year. (b) The report shall include:(1) A financial statement covering the expenditures of all fu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-122 Reports for general distribution
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The State Board of Health may publish for general distribution such reports and other matter as it may deem useful in promoting the interest of the public health of this state.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-123 Fees
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(a) All revenue derived from fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Public Health Fund. (b) These fees are as follows:(1) All fees prescribed in the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-18-…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-124 Disposition of certain fees
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All fees collected by the Department of Health for food-related establishment permits, septic tank permits, and milk permits shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Health Fund and shall be for the use of the Division of Environmental Health Protect…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-125 Payment of certain salaries and expenses
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All salaries and other expenses provided for by this act which are not required to be paid by counties, cities, and incorporated towns shall be paid out of the Public Health Fund.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-126 Payment of overtime for home health employees
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(a) The Department of Health may make overtime payments to employees engaged in the performance of home health activities. (b) The payments are to be in addition to compensation otherwise due the employees at the same rate currently paid to the employees for regular time, but on …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-127 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-127Current 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. § 20-7-128 Maintenance fee for breath-testing instruments
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(a) (1) The State Board of Health may assess a fee for the maintenance of breath-testing instruments by law enforcement agencies for purposes contained in the Omnibus DWI or BWI Act, § 5-65-101 et seq., and § 5-65-201 et seq. (2) The fees collected shall be used for the support o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-129 Reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services
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(a) (1) The Department of Health may implement a reimbursement system to recover part or all of the costs of delivering services.(2) For the purpose of vaccine and vaccine administration reimbursement, if a private healthcare insurer declines or does not respond to a request to c…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-130 Recovery of expenditures for extraordinary operations
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(a) The purpose of this section is to more equitably allocate the costs between the state and responsible parties when unforeseen circumstances arise as a result of accidents and other man-made causes which require assistance from the Department of Health. The authority to recove…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-131 Local control of county or city units of Department of Health
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(a) The mayor or county judge of any city or county that is providing facilities for a local unit of the Department of Health shall be consulted before the hiring of or the removal of the administrator of the local unit. (b) Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act of 1967,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-132 Guidelines for cleanup of clandestine methamphetamine labs
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(a) The Department of Health shall develop guidelines for the cleanup of former clandestine methamphetamine drug labs. (b) The guidelines shall be made available on the department's website and shall be available to law enforcement officials and the public upon request. (c) The g…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-133 Child Health Advisory Committee — Creation
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(a) There is created a Child Health Advisory Committee to consist of twenty (20) members. (b) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint:(A) One (1) member to represent the Department of Health;(B) One (1) member to represent the Arkansas Academy of Nutrition and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-134 Powers and duties
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(a) The Child Health Advisory Committee shall meet at least one (1) time per month and make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Board of Health consistent with the intent and purpose of this section and §§ 20-7-133 and 20-7-135. (b) The committee shall d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-135 Nutrition and physical activity standards — Implementation
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(a) After having consulted the Child Health Advisory Committee and the State Board of Health, the State Board of Education shall promulgate appropriate rules to ensure that nutrition and physical activity standards and body mass index for age assessment protocols are implemented …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-136 Statewide fluoridation program — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “water system” means a facility including without limitation a parent system, consecutive system, or other system that holds, treats, and supplies water directly or through a consecutive system or consecutive systems to five thousand (5,000) persons o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-137 Soccer goal safety — Definition
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(a) (1) As used in this section, “public recreation area” means an area that is used by members of the public for recreational activities.(2) “Public recreation area” includes a privately owned or publicly owned:(A) Park;(B) Sports field;(C) Auditorium;(D) School playground; or(E…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-138 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-138Current 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. § 20-7-139 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-139Current 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. § 20-7-140 Arkansas standards for human breast milk — Arkansas Breast Milk Bank
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(a) The Department of Health shall establish, by rule, standards for transporting, processing, and distributing commercial human breast milk on a for-profit or nonprofit basis in this state. (b) The department may:(1) Convene a committee of subject matter experts to assist in the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-141 Prevention of diseases — Religious organizations — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Discriminatory action” means an action taken by the State Board of Health to:(A) Alter the tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, delay, revoke, or otherwise make unavailable an exemption from taxa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-142 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-142Current 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. § 20-7-143 [Expired.]
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A.C.A. § 20-7-143Current 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. § 20-7-144 Prohibition on mandatory use of face mask, face shield, or other face covering
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(a) The General Assembly reserves the right to enact legislation regarding the mandatory use of face masks, face shields, or other face coverings. (b) A state agency or entity, a political subdivision of the state, or a state or local official shall not mandate an individual in t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-145 Prohibition on vaccine passports — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “vaccine passport” means documentation that an individual has been vaccinated against coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). (b) The state, a state agency or entity, a political subdivision of the state, or a state or local official shall not require an individ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-146 Prohibition on requirement for vaccine or immunization for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) or any subvariants of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “coerce” means:(1) Using physical violence, threats, intimidation, or retaliation with the purpose of causing a reasonable individual of ordinary susceptibilities to acquiesce when the individual otherwise would not;(2) Making conditional a private or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-147 Ivermectin without prescription or consultation with healthcare professional
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(a) As used in this section, “over-the-counter medication” means medication that may be legally sold and purchased without a prescription. (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, ivermectin suitable for human use may be sold or purchased as an over-the-counter medication in …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-201 Title
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This subchapter may be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Health Department Building and Local Grant Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-202 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Acquire” means to lease, lease-purchase, or purchase any lands, buildings, structures, improvements, or other property, real, personal, or mixed.(B) “Acquire” also includes payment or provision for payment of all expenses incidental thereto…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-203 Disposition of funds
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health may construct or acquire such facilities and property as are necessary for the provision of current and future requirements for the Department of Health. (b) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter, the secretary, with the…