Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

(a) As used in this section, “data, records, reports, and documents” means recordings of interviews and all oral or written proceedings, reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, data, and other documentation collected or compiled for the purposes of nonhospital emergency medical …

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as “Gabo's Law”. (b) (1) An emergency medical services personnel or an emergency medical services provider may transport a police dog injured in the course of a law enforcement or correctional agency's work to a veterinary hospital…

(a) Emergency medical services personnel may administer prescription medications that are:(1) Carried by a patient;(2) Administered via routes of delivery that are within the scope of training for emergency medical services personnel;(3) Intended to treat a specific health condit…

(a) The Department of Health shall establish a voluntary licensure program for emergency medical responders. (b) An emergency medical responder may be reimbursed by the Arkansas Medicaid Program and an insurance company for providing emergency medical services in the scope of his…

(a) There is created the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, which shall consist of eleven (11) members with a demonstrated interest in emergency medical services, to be appointed by the State Board of Health as follows:(1) One (1) member who is an emergency medical se…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall call the first meeting of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, which shall occur within thirty (30) days after the appointment of the committee to organize as necessary to carry out the purposes of the committee as…

(a) In addition to the other duties set forth in this chapter, the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee shall:(1) Make recommendations for rules to be adopted by the State Board of Health on all matters relating to emergency medical services, including without limitation…

It is the intent of this subchapter to authorize the quorum court in any county to provide emergency medical services for residents of the county or any designated area of the county and to provide for levying service charges upon residents of the area to provide funds for the pu…

The procedures prescribed in this subchapter for the establishment of an emergency medical services program and the furnishing of emergency medical services shall be supplemental to and shall not be construed to repeal or modify any law presently in existence relating to the furn…

(a) The quorum court of any county on its own motion or upon petition of ten percent (10%) of the electors of the county or any designated area of the county may establish by ordinance a system to provide emergency medical services to the residents of the county or the designated…

(a) Within ten (10) days after the enactment of the ordinance, a copy of the ordinance in its entirety shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or in the designated area. (b) The ordinance shall be subject to the referendum which may be exercised in …

(a) Emergency medical services to be provided the residents of any county or any designated area of the county pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter may be financed by service charges levied in the ordinance establishing the service. (b) (1) The service charges may be ass…

(a) In any county in which a system of emergency medical services has been established before July 20, 1979, the quorum court of the county may levy service charges on residents of the county or designated area of the county in which services are provided to finance or assist in …

(a) The quorum court of any county which has established a system of emergency medical services for the residents of the county or any designated area pursuant to the authority granted in this subchapter may, on its own motion or on petition of a majority of the qualified elector…

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Insect Sting and Other Allergic Reactions Emergency Treatment Act”.

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide a means of authorizing certain individuals to administer treatment to those persons who have severe adverse reactions to insect stings and other allergic reactions when a physician is not immediately available.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Authorized entity” means an entity or organization at which or in connection with which allergens capable of causing an anaphylactic reaction may be present, including without limitation:(A) A restaurant;(B) An amusement park; and(C) A sports a…

(1) A person may receive a certificate under this subchapter only if the person:(1) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older;(2) Has, or reasonably expects to have, regular contact with at least one (1) other person as a result of the person's relationship or occupational or volunt…

(a) A certificate issued pursuant to this subchapter shall authorize the certificate holder to receive, upon presentation of the certificate, from any physician a prescription for premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for administration. (b) The certifi…

(a) A person or entity that in good faith renders emergency care or treatment by the use of auto-injectable epinephrine is immune from civil liability resulting from:(1) The emergency care or treatment; and(2) Any good faith act or omission to provide or arrange for further medic…

(a) The Department of Health shall prepare a certificate form for use by a physician as authorized under this subchapter. (b) (1) A copy of a certificate issued under this subchapter shall be forwarded by the issuing physician to the department.(2) The department shall maintain t…

(a) In order to ensure the public health and safety, an authorized entity that acquires auto-injectable epinephrine shall ensure that:(1) An expected user:(A) Completes appropriate knowledge and skills courses at least one (1) time every two (2) years in anaphylaxis and auto-inje…

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that because of the inherent threat of human danger posed by injudicious use, or misuse, of dangerous substances, the physicians and allied health professionals who provide healthcare services for Arkansas citizens are in need of emerge…

The purpose of this subchapter shall be to implement a statewide emergency poison control-drug information-toxicological laboratory services program (PC-DI-TL) designed and structured to deliver, on a twenty-four-hour coverage basis, reliable, accurate, qualified professional jud…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Category I response” within the toxicology laboratory component means a response delivered within six (6) hours after receipt of the sample to be identified;(2) “Category II response” within the toxicology laboratory component means a response …

Any individual who shall fraudulently represent himself or herself to be a person entitled to invoke the services of the PC-DI-TL system when such is not the case or any person who attempts to obtain information later put to illegal use in any way shall be deemed guilty of a misd…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health may:(1) Employ any coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter within and among the responsible components;(2) Engage in any educational program or effort undertaken in partnership with county or muni…

(a) (1) The Department of Health may appoint an advisory committee to assist in the development and review of rules promulgated under the authority of this subchapter.(2) The committee shall consist of an uneven number of persons, not to exceed seven (7), appointed by the Secreta…

(a) (1) (A) The time-response design shall embrace two (2) broad, major, selective categories inherent in the threat of human danger posed by injudicious use or misuse of dangerous substances.(B) A Category I response shall be delivered within six (6) hours after receipt of the s…

(a) Each permanent component within the PC-DI-TL services system shall designate those persons within the component department who shall have responsibility for implementing and developing this toxicology services system, and each shall provide written notice of the designations …

(a) Subject to the approval of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, registration or tuition fees, or both, in the University of Arkansas system are to be waived for those students who provide concurrent services to the Arkansas P…

None of the personnel within any of the components of the PC-DI-TL sevices system shall incur personal liability or be placed in any legal jeopardy for laboratory services provided, analyses executed and reported, information proffered in good faith, professional judgments and re…

Each of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences components, the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center, the UAMS-Library for nonemergency poison and drug information, and the Chemistry Branch of the public health laboratory of the Department of Health, shall make ava…

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Nerve Agents Emergency Treatment Act”.

It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide a means of authorizing certain individuals to administer treatment to those persons who have severe adverse reactions to nerve agents when a physician is not immediately available.

As used in this subchapter, “physician” means a natural person licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas pursuant to the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.

(1) Persons eligible to receive a certificate pursuant to this subchapter shall meet the following requirements:(1) Be eighteen (18) years of age or older;(2) Have, or reasonably expect to have, responsibility for at least one (1) other person as a result of one's relationship, o…

(a) A certificate issued pursuant to this subchapter shall authorize the holder thereof to receive upon presentation of the certificate, from any physician, a prescription for premeasured doses of atropine/pralidoxime, or other drugs as approved by the State Health Officer for th…

No cause of action shall arise against a certificate holder pursuant to this subchapter or against the issuing physician for any act or omission when acting in good faith pursuant to the authority granted by this subchapter, except when the conduct amounts to gross negligence.

(a) The Department of Health shall prepare the appropriate certificate form to be available to physicians upon request to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter. (b) A copy of all certificates issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be forwarded by the issuing physician to t…

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that, because of the inherent threat of human danger posed by injudicious use, or misuse, of dangerous substances, Arkansas citizens are in need of emergency poison and drug information services and that the public health and welfare re…

(a) There is created the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center within the College of Pharmacy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. (b) The purpose of the center is to implement a statewide emergency poison and drug information program designed and structured …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Center” means the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center; and(2) “Director” means the Director of the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center. (1) “Center” means the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center; and (2) “Director” means…

(a) The program of the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center shall be structured and designed, to the extent resources permit, to meet the criteria for certification as a state poison control center by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. (b) None of the cent…

Any individual who shall fraudulently represent himself or herself to be a person entitled to invoke the services of the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center when such is not the case and any person who attempts to obtain information later put to illegal use in any way sha…

(a) The Director of the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center shall serve at the pleasure of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. (b) The director may:(1) Employ any coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purpose…