(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 health care services for Arkansas citizens are in need of emergency poison control and drug information and toxicological laboratory services sufficient to provide, on a twenty-four-hour coverage basis, reliable, accurate, and qualified professional judgments and responses to requests for emergency poison control and drug information data and emergency toxicological laboratory services such as analysis of blood, urine, vomitus, and gastric lavage for substance identification, and that public health and welfare require such services.
(b) The General Assembly further finds and declares that legislation is required to authorize and provide effective practical delivery of emergency poison control and drug information and toxicological laboratory services judgments and responses to physicians and allied health professionals who deliver health care services within this state.
Section: 20-13-502 20-13-503 20-13-504 20-13-505 20-13-506 20-13-507 20-13-508 20-13-509 20-13-510 20-13-511 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016