Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Council” means the State Interagency Council;(2) “Developmental delay” means a child is delayed in any one (1) or more of the following areas:(A) Physical development;(B) Cognitive development;(C) Language and speech development;(D) Psychosocia…

(a) A statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency programs providing appropriate early intervention services to all developmentally delayed infants and toddlers and their families shall include the minimum components under subsection (b) of this…

(a) Each infant or toddler with disabilities and the infant's or toddler's family shall receive:(1) Multidisciplinary assessment of unique needs and the identification of services appropriate to meet these needs; and(2) A written individualized family service plan developed by a …

(a) In addition to using funds provided under this subchapter to plan, develop, and implement the statewide system required by Pub. L. No. 99-457, the state shall use these funds:(1) For direct services for infants and toddlers with disabilities that are not otherwise provided fr…

(1) The procedural safeguards shall be the same as required under Pub. L. No. 94-142 and Pub. L. No. 99-457 and shall provide the following at a minimum:(1) (A) The timely administrative resolution of complaints by parents. Any party aggrieved by the findings and decision regardi…

(a) Funds provided under the Pub. L. No. 99-457 grant may not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services which would have been paid for from another public or private source but for the enactment of Pub. L. No. 99-457, except that, whenever considered necessary to pre…

(a) (1) A State Interagency Council composed of at least fifteen (15) members with a maximum of twenty-five (25) members is established.(2) The council members and the cochairs of the council shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of three (3) years. One (1) cochair shall …

It is the intent of the General Assembly to ensure that the notification of all persons with a disability resulting from a traumatic head injury be made to the Department of Health by appropriate individuals or public and private agencies in order that all persons might obtain th…

“Head injury” or “traumatic head injury” means any insult to the brain not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but caused by an external physical force, that may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness which results in impairment of cognitive abilities or physi…

(a) (1) The Department of Health shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons with a disability resulting from a traumatic head injury.(2) The department may grant or contract services to ensure services and the tracking of persons with a disability resulting from a…

(a) Within thirty (30) business days of the report and identification of a person with a disability resulting from a traumatic head injury under § 20-14-703, the Department of Health or an authorized agent of the Department of Health shall notify the person with a disability or t…

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) (A) The practice of interpreting affects the public health, safety, and welfare and civic, economic, social, academic, and recreational aspects of life.(B) Therefore, the practice of interpreting should be subject to licensure and regulatio…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Cued speech” means the system of handshapes that represent groups of consonant sounds and hand placements that represent groups of vowel sounds that is used with natural speech to represent a visual model of spoken language;(2) “Deaf individual…

(a) (1) A person who is not licensed under this subchapter and who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of holding himself or herself out to the public as a licensed qualified interpreter is guilty of a violation and shall be fined not less than one hundred doll…

(a) The Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf is created within the Department of Health. (b) The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of …

(a) The Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf shall:(1) Recommend rules for the operation of the Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, …

(a) After consideration of the recommendation of the Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf, the Secretary of the Department of Health shall:(1) Issue or deny a license or a renewal of lic…

(a) A licensed qualified interpreter shall meet criteria established under this subchapter for interpreters, including without limitation certification or credentialing by the:(1) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services Quality Assurance Screening Test;(2) Educational Interpreter Perfor…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is unlawful for an individual to use the title “licensed qualified interpreter” or “licensed provisional interpreter” or to hold himself or herself out as an interpreter between a hearing individual and an individual wh…

The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) An intellectual or physical disability does not diminish an individual's right to health care;(2) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities, yet ma…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Anatomical gift” means a donation of all or part of a donor's body after his or her death for transplantation or transfusion purposes;(2) “Auxiliary aids and services” includes without limitation:(A) Qualified interpreters and other effective m…

(a) A covered entity shall not do any of the following based solely on a qualified individual's intellectual or physical disability:(1) Determine that a qualified individual is ineligible to receive an anatomical gift or organ transplant;(2) Deny medical or other services related…

(a) A qualified individual alleging a violation of this subchapter may bring an action in the appropriate circuit court for injunctive or other equitable relief. (b) Unless otherwise prohibited by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, the court shall:(1) Schedule a hearing as soon…

(1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:(1) Breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, is the second leading cause of death among women in the United States;(2) One (1) American woman in ten (10) will develop breast cancer in her lifetime;(3) Mammography pr…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Accreditation body” means a body that has been approved by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to accredit mammography facilities under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-539 (21 C.F.R. P…

(a) To assure the safety and accuracy of screening and diagnostic mammography and to promote the highest quality imaging in the most efficient setting to contain costs, radiological standards and quality assurance programs shall be established and administered by the Secretary of…

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall establish quality standards for accreditation of facilities wherein mammography may be conducted according to the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-539, 21 C.F.R. Part 900.(2) The standards applicabl…

(a) As an accreditation body, the Department of Health may charge and collect the following fees:(1) First mammography tube, seven hundred dollars ($700) to be collected at the beginning of each three-year accreditation period;(2) Each additional mammography tube, five hundred do…

(1) The Department of Health may operate a mammography quality standards certification program in accordance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-539 (21 C.F.R. Part 900), to:(1) Issue initial and renewal certificates to mammography facilities;(2) C…

(a) (1) In addition to the testing of pregnant women required under § 20-16-507, a physician or a healthcare provider who is attending a pregnant woman in this state for conditions relating to pregnancy or any other person who is attending or providing medical treatment to a preg…

(a) A physician or healthcare provider who is attending a birth in this state or a licensed healthcare provider who is attending or providing medical treatment to a birth mother in this state shall facilitate with a healthcare provider to screen the birth mother for depression wi…

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a statewide coordinated early intervention program to identify and follow up with testing and treatment of newborn infants who are at risk for hearing impairment.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Newborn infant with hearing impairment” means a newborn infant who has a disorder of the auditory system of any type or degree causing a hearing impairment sufficient to interfere with the development of language and speech skills;(2) “Newborn …

(a) There is established in the Department of Health a program to be known as the “Newborn Infant Hearing Screening Program”. The program shall provide for the early identification and follow-up of newborn infants at risk. (b) The program shall include:(1) Development through the…

(a) (1) All hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives shall complete a hearing impairment at-risk questionnaire for each newborn infant before discharge or, in the case of a lay midwife, within seventy-two (72) hours of the birth of the infant.(2) All hearing impairment at-ri…

(a) The hospital, birthing center, or lay midwife may elect to provide for the screening of infants for hearing impairment but is not required to do so by this subchapter. (b) Any facility screening infants for hearing impairment shall forward test results on a screening report t…

The Department of Health, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Department of Human Services shall work cooperatively and develop a plan to coordinate early educational and rehabilitative services for newborn infants identified as Deaf, deaf, or Hard of Hear…

Any person or entity who reports in good faith and without malice or who in good faith and without malice fails to report the information required by this subchapter shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might be incurred or imposed in any action resulti…

As used in this subchapter, “provider” means any healthcare professional who has direct or supervisory responsibility for the delivery of immunizations.

(a) (1) The Department of Health shall establish a statewide immunization registry.(2) Immunization records shall include data as specified by the department. (1) The Department of Health shall establish a statewide immunization registry. (2) Immunization records shall include da…

(a) (1) A provider shall register with the Department of Health the intent to administer childhood immunizations to an individual under twenty-two (22) years of age under guidelines established by the department.(2) A provider shall report to the department the administration of …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Breast Cancer Act of 1997”.

(1) The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:(1) Breast cancer is a significant threat to the health of women. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and causes the death of a woman in the United States every twelve (12) minutes;(2) The incidence of br…

(1) There is established in the University of Arkansas a Breast Cancer Research Program. This program shall support research efforts into the cause, cure, treatment, earlier detection, and prevention of breast cancer and shall be administered according to the following principles…

(a) (1) There is hereby established a Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board, which shall consist of eight (8) members appointed by the Governor, as follows:(A) One (1) member shall be appointed to represent the Arkansas Medical Society, Inc.;(B) One (1) member shall represent the …