Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 15, Subchapter 7 - Tuberculosis

• § 20-15-701 - Definition.
  As used in this subchapter, "active tuberculosis" means that the disease is in a communicable or infectious stage as established by chest X ray,...
• § 20-15-702 - Penalty.
  Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall pay a fine...
• § 20-15-703 - Involuntary Examinations.
  (a) When the state, county, or city health officer shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has tuberculosis in an active state...
• § 20-15-704 - Petition to Isolate Patient.
  (a) If the health officer finds that the circumstances are not suitable for proper isolation or contagious control of the case by any type...
• § 20-15-705 - Notice of Petition and Hearing.
  (a) Upon receiving the petition, the court shall fix a date for a hearing on the petition and shall cause notice of the petition,...
• § 20-15-706 - Hearing.
  The petition shall be heard in open court, and the respondent to the petition shall have the privilege of counsel of his or her...
• § 20-15-707 - Commitment.
  (a) If upon hearing of the petition the court finds that the circumstances are not suitable for proper isolation or contagious control of the...
• § 20-15-708 - Observation of Rules and Regulations Required.
  (a) A person who is committed to the hospital or sanatorium under the provisions of this subchapter shall observe all the rules and regulations...
• § 20-15-709 - Discharge.
  (a) The superintendent of the institution to which a person has been committed under this subchapter may discharge the person so committed upon signing...
• § 20-15-710 - Violations of Commitment -- Penalties.
  (a) A person committed to an institution who is found guilty of violating the rules and regulations of the institution or of conducting himself...

Last modified: November 15, 2016