Arkansas Code § 20-19-309 - Area Quarantine

(a) (1) The Director of the Department of Health shall place certain areas under a rabies quarantine upon request of proper local officials.

(2) In serious situations, the director may place the area under quarantine without waiting for a local request.

(b) The occurrence of three (3) or more positive rabies cases in animals shall be sufficient basis for placing an area under quarantine.

(c) The positive rabies cases shall be laboratory-confirmed by the Public Health Laboratory of the Department of Health or any other laboratory acceptable to or approved by the director.

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