Title 12 — Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

This chapter may be cited as the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Act of 1995.

(1) Because the potential for a natural, technological, or national emergency-related disaster of catastrophic proportions and devastating impact requires extensive use of highly trained and skilled personnel experienced in disaster response and recovery actions, and whereas such…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Director” means the Director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, including any acting director, when such position is authorized by the Governor, and those persons officially authorized to act for the director in his or her absence…

(a) (1) The Division of Emergency Management shall establish a system to recruit personnel with special skills or experience related to emergency response and recovery operations and provide initial familiarization training and periodic proficiency training as necessary for membe…

(a) (1) Any persons seeking enrollment into the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Cadre shall be notified that no salary, retainer, emoluments, or other monetary reimbursement shall be made for their services, except reimbursement for food, lodging, and travel utilizing a privately own…

This chapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act”.

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as regulatory authority over acts, laws, rules, regulations, or guidelines of other state or federal agencies related to their designated responsibilities and duties as regulatory authorities over concerns of environmental, health, l…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Emergency management” means those activities related to disaster and emergency planning, mitigation, training, response, and recovery as prescribed in the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, § 12-75-101 et seq.;(2) “Hazardous and toxic materi…

(a) There is created by this chapter a State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management within and under the administrative and operational control of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. (b) The office shall perform the necessary actions and activities as req…

(1) The State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management shall:(1) Collect, file, and establish an accessible database and make available information derived from the required reports in 42 U.S.C. §§ 11022 and 11023, and in accordance with the laws, regulations, and guide…

(a) (1) Each facility required to report to the State Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §§ 11022 and 11023, shall pay the following annual fees to the State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management:(A) For each facility …

(a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special revenue fund account to be known as the “Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Revolving Fund”. (b) All moneys collected under this …

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Certified disaster service volunteer” means a person who has completed the necessary training for being and has been certified as a disaster service technician, specialist, coordinator, or officer by the American Red Cross;(2) “Disaster” means a n…

(a) An employee of a state agency or an employee of a state-supported institution of higher learning may be granted leave from work with pay for not more than fifteen (15) working days in any calendar year to participate in specialized disaster relief, without loss of seniority, …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 12-85-102, the number of state employees and employees of state-supported institutions of higher learning certified as disaster service volunteers shall not exceed one hundred (100) participants at any one (1) time.(2) A list of such em…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Facilities Act”.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Early care and education facilities at which children from birth to four (4) years of age and school-age children may spend part or all of their days may not be known to emergency preparedness agencies and thus may be overlooked in first re…

(1) The Director of the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services shall coordinate efforts with other state agencies and appropriate organizations to:(1) (A) Share with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management on a quarterly b…

(1) The Director of the Division of Emergency Management shall coordinate efforts with other state agencies and appropriate organizations to:(1) Disseminate county-level lists of all licensed childcare facilities and all known license-exempt childcare facilities, including withou…

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act”.

(1) In this chapter:(1) “Disaster relief organization” means an entity that provides emergency or disaster relief services that include health or veterinary services provided by volunteer health practitioners and that:(A) is designated or recognized as a provider of those service…

This chapter applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with § 12-87-105 and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.

(a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Department of Health may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate:(1) the duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners;(2) the geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice;(3) the types of vol…

(a) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:(1) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;(2) include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners …

(a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with § 12-87-105 and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner's registration is based, may practice in this state to…

(a) In this section:(1) “Credentialing” means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.(2) “Privileging” means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governi…

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a volunteer health practitioner shall adhere to the scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner established by the licensing provisions, practice acts, or other laws of this state. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection …

(a) This chapter does not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this chapter does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to …

The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management may promulgate rules to implement this chapter. In doing so, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the entity established to coordinate the implementation of the Emerg…

(a) Subject to subsection (b), a volunteer health practitioner who receives compensation of five hundred dollars ($500) or less per year for providing health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is not liable for damages for an act or omission of the practitioner in pr…

(a) In this section, “injury” means a physical or mental injury or disease for which an employee of this state who is injured or contracts the disease in the course of the employee's employment would be entitled to benefits under the workers' compensation or occupational disease …

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

A.C.A. § 12-87-114Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

This chapter takes effect October 1, 2009.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Business Rapid Response to State Disasters Facilitation Act”.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) During times of storm, flood, fire, earthquake, hurricane, and other disasters or emergencies, many businesses bring resources and personnel from other states into Arkansas on a temporary basis to expedite the often enormous and overwhelmin…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Critical infrastructure” means property and equipment, including without limitation buildings, offices, lines, poles, pipes, and structures, owned or used by the following:(A) A communications network;(B) An electric generation, transmission, or d…

(a) (1) An out-of-state business that conducts operations within the state for the purpose of performing work or services related to a declared state disaster or emergency during a disaster response period is exempt from:(A) Registering, filing, and remitting state or local taxes…

(1) An out-of-state business and an out-of-state employee shall pay state and local transaction taxes and fees, including without limitation:(1) Motor fuel taxes;(2) Distillate special fuel taxes;(3) Sales and use taxes on materials and services consumed or used in the state;(4) …

The exemptions provided under this chapter do not apply to an out-of-state business or out-of-state employee that remains in the state after a disaster response period with respect to activities conducted in this state after the disaster response period.

(a) (1) An out-of-state business that enters the state, upon request, shall provide to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management a statement that the out-of-state business is in the state for the purpose of responding to a disaster or emergency.(2) The statement required un…

This chapter is supplemental to the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, § 12-75-101 et seq., and any other law applicable to businesses and individuals acting as emergency responders.

(1) The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management shall:(1) (A) Promulgate rules necessary to administer and implement this chapter.(B) The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management shall consult with the Department of Finance and Administration in promulgating rules relating…