Title 25 — State Government

A.C.A. § 25-10-140Current 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) (1) (A) In every case of adjudication before the Department of Human Services, an administrative law judge shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, the production of documents, or both, upon request of any party to the adjudication.(B) Requests…

A.C.A. § 25-10-142Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section, “advisory opinion” means a written statement by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee that explains the applicability to a specified set of facts of a pertinent statutory or regulatory provision relating to the provi…

(a) There is established a Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism. (b) The purposes of the Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism are to:(1) Assist the community engagement program and staff of the office of the Commission…

(a) As used in this section, “survey” means any process by which compliance with federal and state law and rules applicable to a facility or program provider is determined. (b) The Department of Human Services, through the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, is r…

(a) The Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance may use funds appropriated for the certification or licensure of an entity on behalf of any division of the Department of Human Services. (b) An entity whose certification or licensure is funded through an appropriation …

(a) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may use the administrative operating account for:(1) Capital improvements to the physical plant;(2) The purchase of capital equipment; and(3) The operations of the Arkansas Health…

(1) Employees in extra help positions in the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall not, in a fiscal year:(1) Receive an amount exceeding eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum annual salary for a comparable position a…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may use state funds to match federal funds available under Title III and Title V of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., as they existed on January 1, 2023, the Social Services Block Grant, or other federal funds…

The state institutions known as the Arkansas State Hospital at Little Rock, the Arkansas Health Center at Benton, the Arkansas Services Center at Jonesboro, the youth services center located at North Little Rock, the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center located in Sa…

(a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board is established to manage the Department of Human Services State Institutional System, as provided and intended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33. (b) The board shall perform its functions and duties in acc…

(a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board shall consist of a membership of seven (7). (b) The individual members will be appointed by the Governor.

The youth services center located at Alexander shall be known as the “Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center”.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the authorization of certain vocational trainee positions shall facilitate the Department of Human Services' ability to provide for residents who are not part of a regular vocational training program. (b) (1) The Division of Aging…

The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may utilize job share for positions within the nursing classification for up to twenty-four (24) hours per week per individual to allow the division to offer weekend option shifts to …

(a) If the Department of Human Services determines, after prior review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, that it is in the best interest of the state to discontinue a management contract with a private provider and i…

(a) There is created the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. (b) (1) The executive head of the commission shall be the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Arkansas Economic Develop…

There is created an Arkansas Economic Development Council, whose membership, authorities, and powers shall be as specified in §§ 15-4-201 — 15-4-204, 15-4-209, 15-4-501 — 15-4-503, 15-4-505 — 15-4-515, 15-4-517, 15-4-518, and 15-4-520 — 15-4-525.

A.C.A. § 25-11-103Current 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) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to furnish individuals who are blind or have visual impairments those services which are reasonably necessary to allow them the opportunity to lead full, useful, and productive lives and to expend funds available for that purpo…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Blind”, for the purposes of qualification for appointment as a member of the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind, means a person having not more than twenty/two hundred (20/200) visual ac…

No provision of this subchapter shall apply to any program or service currently operated or administered by the Arkansas School for the Blind or the State Library Board, and this subchapter shall not amend or repeal any statutory provision governing the operation of the Arkansas …

(a) (1) The Division of State Services for the Blind is designated as the agency of the State of Arkansas primarily responsible for carrying out state and federal programs for rehabilitative social services or business enterprises for individuals of this state who are blind or ha…

(a) There is created a board to be known as the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind, to be constituted as follows:(1) (A) The board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.(B) (i) One (1) member …

The Division of State Services for the Blind or any employees or committees thereof shall be entitled to the services of the Attorney General in connection with the operation of the affairs of the division.

Any sums provided by the General Assembly for the purposes of this subchapter shall be kept by the Treasurer of State in a fund to be designated as the “State Services for the Blind Fund” and shall be used to carry out the particular purposes assigned to it in this subchapter.

Staff members who transport individuals who are blind or have visual impairments on official state business of the Division of State Services for the Blind are entitled to reimbursement for supplemental insurance costs. Costs incurred for supplemental liability automobile insuran…

(a) The Information Reading Services for the Blind is created within the Division of State Services for the Blind. (b) The Information Reading Services for the Blind shall be:(1) An integral part of the rehabilitation state plan of the division;(2) A network to:(A) Provide audibl…

(a) Under the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-569, a state vocational rehabilitation agency is required to establish qualified personnel standards for rehabilitation personnel, including vocational rehabilitation counselors, that are consistent with nationa…

A.C.A. § 25-12-101Current 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.C.A. § 25-14-101Current 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.C.A. § 25-14-102Current 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.C.A. § 25-14-103Current 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) As used in this section, “interpreter” means an interpreter as defined in § 25-15-102. (b) A person who cannot speak or understand the English language or who because of hearing, speaking, or other impairment has difficulty in communicating with other persons and who is a par…

(a) For the purpose of appointing an interpreter between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf under § 25-15-101:(1) “Administrative proceeding” means a proceeding of a department, board, commission, agency, committee, or lic…

(a) (1) Any and all administrative hearings before an agency of this state in which any attorney for either party to any suit is the Lieutenant Governor, or a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or is a clerk or sergeant at arms or a doorkeeper of either branch …

(a) (1) The following boards and commissions shall have the power to issue subpoenas and bring before the board or commission as a witness any person in this state:(A) Auctioneer's Licensing Board, § 17-17-201 et seq.;(B) State Athletic Commission, § 17-22-201 et seq.;(C) Cosmeto…

(a) As used in this section, “agency” means the same as defined at § 25-15-202. (b) (1) An agency shall not assess a fee or penalty without specific statutory authority to:(A) Assess a certain type and amount of fee or penalty; or(B) Impose a fee or penalty in general.(2) (A) An …

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Adjudication” means an agency process for the formulation of an order.(B) “Adjudication” does not include inmate disciplinary proceedings conducted by the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction;(2) (A) “Agency” mean…

(a) In addition to other rulemaking requirements imposed by law, each agency shall:(1) Adopt as a rule a description of its organization, stating the general course and method of its operations, including the methods whereby the public may obtain information or make submissions o…

(a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, the agency shall:(1) (A) (i) Give at least thirty (30) days' notice of its intended action.(ii) The thirty-day period shall begin on the first day of the publication of notice.(B) The notice shall include:(i) A statement …

(a) (1) The Secretary of State shall compile, index, and publish on its website a document to be known as “The Arkansas Register”.(2) The register shall contain:(A) A copy of each rule, including without limitation an emergency rule, proposed by an agency;(B) A financial impact s…

Each agency shall provide by rule for the filing and prompt disposition of petitions for declaratory orders as to the applicability of any rule, statute, or order enforced by it. These declaratory orders shall have the same status as agency orders in cases of adjudication.

(a) The validity or applicability of a rule may be determined in an action for declaratory judgment if it is alleged that the rule, or its threatened application, injures or threatens to injure the plaintiff in his or her person, business, or property. (b) The action may be broug…

(a) In every case of adjudication:(1) All parties shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice;(2) The notice shall include:(A) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing;(B) A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which th…

(a) Unless required for the disposition of ex parte matters authorized by law, members or employees of an agency assigned to render a decision or to make final or proposed findings of fact or conclusions of law in any case of adjudication shall not communicate, directly or indire…

(a) When, in a case of adjudication, a majority of the officials of the agency who are to render the decision have not heard the case or read the record, the decision, if adverse to a party other than the agency, shall not be made until a proposal for decision is served upon the …

(a) When the grant, denial, or renewal of a license is required by law to be preceded by notice and an opportunity for hearing, the provisions of this subchapter concerning cases of adjudication apply. (b) When a licensee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal…