63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-306 Review and revision
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(a) (1) An executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form may be reviewed periodically by the physician of the patient.(2) The physician may:(A) Conduct an evaluation of the patient; and(B) In consultation with the patient or the legal representative of the patient, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-307 Relationship with advance directives
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(a) (1) A physician order for life-sustaining treatment form is not intended to replace an advance directive.(2) In executing a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form, a patient, the legal representative of the patient when applicable, and the physician shall make a g…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-308 Liability
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(1) A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for:(1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment for…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-309 Voluntary signing
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(a) The signing of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form by a patient or legal representative of the patient is voluntary. (b) (1) A person or entity, including without limitation a healthcare provider, healthcare facility, employer, or health insurance carrier, sh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-310 Criminal penalty
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(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly:(1) Conceal, cancel, deface, obliterate, or damage a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form without the consent of the patient or the legal representative of the patient;(2) (A) Cause an individual to execute a physician or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-311 Applicability — Death — Life insurance
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(a) A death that results from compliance with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not constitute a suicide, homicide, or abuse, for any reason. (b) (1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procuremen…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-312 Copy of physician order for life-sustaining treatment form
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A copy of an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form has the same effect as the original physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-401 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “No Patient Left Alone Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-402 Legislative findings
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(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused great uncertainty and anxiety across the state and has significantly affected the medical community, including hospitals;(2) Healthcare facilities have made many efforts to maintain a safe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-403 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Compassionate care visitation” means a visit with a friend or family member that is necessary to meet the physical or mental needs of a resident when a resident is exhibiting signs of physical or mental distress, including without limitatio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-404 Visitation and support for patient with disability
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(a) Upon the request of a patient with a disability, a hospital, office of a healthcare professional, or hospice facility licensed in this state shall allow a patient with a disability to designate at least three (3) support persons and shall allow at least one (1) support person…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-405 Hospital or office of healthcare professional visitation
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(a) (1) A child has the right to have a parent, legal guardian, or person standing in loco parentis physically present with the child while the child receives care in a hospital or an office of a healthcare professional.(2) An adult patient has the right to have a spouse, support…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-406 Hospice facility visitation
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A patient who is receiving hospice care or the guardian, spouse, or support person of a patient who is receiving hospice care may designate additional family members and friends who may be physically present with the patient at reasonable times.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-407 Long-term care facility visitation
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(a) (1) A long-term care facility shall allow compassionate care visitation as needed by the resident to alleviate physical or mental distress.(2) Personal contact in person with a resident is permitted during a compassionate care visitation if the long-term care facility protoco…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-408 Clergy member or lay person offering religious or spiritual support visitation
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(a) A clergy member or lay person offering religious or spiritual support may be physically present with a patient to pray with or offer spiritual support for the patient while the patient receives care in a healthcare facility. (b) If a healthcare facility has a visitation polic…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-409 Informational materials
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(a) (1) Within thirty (30) days of March 10, 2021, the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall develop informational materials regarding this subchapter.(2) The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall present informational materials…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-410 Complaints
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(a) An individual may file a complaint against a healthcare professional or healthcare facility for failing to comply with this subchapter with the appropriate state agency or licensing board, including the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services. (b) The approp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-411 Visitation limits or restrictions
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(1) A healthcare facility may establish visitation policies that limit or restrict visitation when:(1) The presence of visitors would be medically or therapeutically contraindicated;(2) The presence of visitors would interfere with the care of or rights of any patient;(3) Visitor…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-412 Liability of healthcare facilities
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(a) Unless expressly required by federal law or regulation, a state survey agency or other state agency shall not take any action against a healthcare facility for:(1) Giving a visitor or other individual access to a healthcare facility, clinic, or other similar location under th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-413 Construction
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(a) This subchapter does not apply to:(1) The Arkansas State Hospital;(2) A minor who is:(A) In the custody of the Division of Children and Family Services; or(B) A suspected victim in a pending maltreatment investigation;(3) An individual who is in the custody of the Department …
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…