Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

(a) (1) The Department of Health shall develop a trauma data collection and evaluation system known as the “Trauma Registry”.(2) The Trauma Registry shall be designed to study both the individual and collective care and treatment given to patients of the trauma system. (1) The De…

(a) There is established an advisory council, to be known as the “Trauma Advisory Council”, for the purpose of making recommendations, advising, and providing assistance to the Department of Health concerning the development and operation of a statewide trauma system. (b) The Tra…

(a) All voting members of the Trauma Advisory Council shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years. (b) (1) If a vacancy occurs in an appointed position for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointment under § 20-13-807.(2) The new…

(1) An emergency medical system care provider or ambulance provider may be eligible for:(1) The emergency medical system care provider education start-up grants that are used to support trauma education and trauma readiness; or(2) The emergency medical system care provider sustai…

(a) (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level I trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level I trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level I trauma center and for trauma readiness c…

(a) (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level II trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level II trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level II trauma center and for trauma readines…

(a) (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level III trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level III trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level III trauma center and for trauma readi…

(a) (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level IV trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level IV trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level IV trauma center and for trauma readines…

Grants may be awarded to providers, entities, or organizations with special competence in trauma rehabilitation services that provide rehabilitation services under this subchapter to trauma patients.

(a) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a quality improvement organization under the rules of the State Board of Health may contract with the Department of Health to develop, promulgate, and measure trauma quality measures for entities providing care for the trauma …

(a) (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a trauma regional advisory council under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for recognition as a trauma regional advisory council.(2) The Department of Health may establish a grant or provide technical …

(a) The Department of Health shall ensure operation of a call center to facilitate communication and coordination of available resources. (b) The call center shall direct patient transport of critical trauma patients to hospitals with the appropriate capability to provide optimum…

The Department of Health shall allocate funds to develop and promote injury prevention programs including the development of the capacity to track and describe the epidemiologic and health statistics of injury deaths and disabilities in Arkansas.

(a) (1) Any data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Health, the Trauma Advisory Council, or other entity authorized under this subchapter for the purpose of quality or system assessment and improvement of the trauma system …

The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide a report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before April 1 and October 1 of each year through 2011. After 2011, the secretary shall…

The State Board of Health shall promulgate the rules necessary to implement and administer this subchapter.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Attending physician” has the meaning provided in § 20-17-201;(2) “Do Not Resuscitate Identification” means a standardized identification card, form, necklace, or bracelet of uniform size and design, approved by the Department of Health, that si…

(a) The following are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct upon discovery of Do Not Resuscitate Identification upon a person:(1) A physician who causes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;…

(a) Qualified emergency medical services personnel may follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders pertaining to adult patients in the prehospital setting in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, if the order available to the personnel is…

(a) Emergency medical services personnel other than physicians shall comply with the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol when presented with either Do Not Resuscitate Identification approved by the Department of Health, an oral Do Not Resuscitate Order issued directly by a physician, or …

(a) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of emergency life-sustaining procedures pursuant to the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol and in accordance with this subchapter is not for any purpose a suicide or homicide. (b) The possession of Do Not Resuscitate Identification …

(a) Upon the adoption of an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol by the State Board of Health at the recommendation of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, the Department of Health may adopt a standard form of Do Not Resuscitate Identification to b…

(a) An advance directive executed in another state shall be deemed to be validly executed for the purposes of this subchapter if executed in compliance with the laws of the State of Arkansas or the laws of the state where executed. (b) Such advance directives shall be construed i…

(a) A physician who willfully fails to transfer a patient in accordance with § 20-13-904 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A person who purposely conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the Do Not Resuscitate Identification of another without the consent of the possessor…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Emotional support animal” means an animal that:(A) Provides emotional, cognitive, or other similar support to an individual with a disability; and(B) Does not need to be trained or certified;(2) “Emotional support dog” means a dog that:(A) Prov…

(a) A person or business that sells or provides a dog for use as an emotional support dog shall provide a written notice to the buyer or recipient of the dog that states the following:(1) The dog does not have the special training required to qualify as a service animal;(2) The d…

(a) A healthcare provider shall not provide documentation relating to an individual's need for an emotional support dog unless the healthcare provider:(1) Possesses a valid, active license and includes the effective date, license number, jurisdiction, and type of professional lic…

(a) (1) A violation of the following shall be subject to a civil penalty:(A) Knowingly and fraudulently representing, selling, or offering for sale, or attempting to represent, sell, or offer for sale, an emotional support dog as being entitled to the rights and privileges accord…

(a) (1) Unless prohibited by the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2025, or other existing federal law, a private property owner may ban an emotional support animal from his or her private property.(2) If the private property is a business, t…

(1) This law is enacted to provide for a Governor's commission to carry on a continuing program to promote the interests of persons with disabilities in this state, in recognition that:(1) Arkansas has a public awareness of, and community interest in, the problems of persons with…

(a) There is created a commission to be known as the “Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities” composed of eleven (11) members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. (b) (1) Six (6) of the members shall be persons with disabilities.(2) Members…

(a) The Commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, the director of the appropriate division as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, and the Director of the Division of Workforce Services or any director, commissioner, or administrator of successors' a…

(a) The Chair of the Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities shall be appointed biennially by the Governor and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) The chair is empowered to select from the Governor’s Commission on People with Disabilities membership a vice chair …

(a) A notice of regular and special meetings shall be mailed to members of the Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities not less than ten (10) days in advance. An agenda for the meeting shall accompany the notice of meeting. (b) A quorum shall consist of not less than on…

(1) The Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities shall:(1) Advise and assist the Governor in developing policies designed to meet the needs of citizens with disabilities;(2) Help coordinate state and private provider programs and activities relating to persons with disab…

(a) The Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities shall establish such subcommittees as it determines necessary. (b) Membership of subcommittees shall not be limited to members of the commission. (c) Subcommittees shall maintain written records of their activities and sub…

(a) The appropriate division as determined by the Commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, or any other agency or division as the Governor shall designate shall provide administrative support to the Governor's Commission on Pe…

(a) The Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities may receive any gifts, grants, or donations made for any of the purposes of its program. (b) The commission may disburse and administer the gifts, grants, and donations in accordance with the conditions established by the …

(a) It is the policy of this state to accord individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities all rights and privileges of other persons with respect to the use of public streets, highways, sidewalks, public buildings, public facilities, public carriers, public ho…

Any person, firm, or corporation, or the agent of any person, firm, or corporation, who denies or interferes with the admittance to or enjoyment of public facilities and housing accommodations by an individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities or otherwise inte…

(a) Individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall have the same rights and privileges as other persons to the full use and enjoyment of:(1) The public streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places;(2)…

(a) Every individual with visual, hearing, or other disabilities has the right to be accompanied by a service animal especially trained to do work or to perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability in or upon any and all public ways, public places, and other p…

(a) Individuals with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rental, lease, or compensation in this state subject only to the conditions and limit…

The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual or hearing disability who is carrying a cane which is predominately white or metallic in color with or without a red tip or using a guide or hearing ear dog or the driver of a vehicle approaching a person with another phy…

(a) State agencies which require any persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display signs for individuals with disabilities shall require those persons, agencies, boards, commissions, businesses, or other entities to display only the blue and whi…

(a) An individual with visual, hearing, or other physical disabilities and his or her guide, signal, or service dog or a dog trainer in the act of training a guide, signal, or service dog shall not be denied admittance to or refused access to the following because of the dog:(1) …