Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 7, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 20-7-101 - Violations -- Penalties.
  (a) (1) Every firm, person, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act or any of the orders, rules, or regulations made...
• § 20-7-102 - Members -- Appointment.
  (a) The State Board of Health shall consist of the following members, to be appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate...
• § 20-7-103 - Members -- Officers.
  (a) The members of the State Board of Health shall elect one (1) of the members as president.(b) (1) The board shall nominate to...
• § 20-7-104 - Members -- Compensation.
  All appointed members of the State Board of Health may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
• § 20-7-105 - Proceedings.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall meet at least one (1) time every three (3) months. (2) Upon the call of the...
• § 20-7-106 - Office.
  The office of the State Board of Health shall be located in Little Rock, and the board shall be furnished with all necessary equipment...
• § 20-7-107 - Appointment of Assistant Director.
  The Director of the Department of Health may appoint and employ an assistant director who shall be knowledgeable in the field of public health...
• § 20-7-108 - Engagement of Certain Personnel.
  From time to time, the State Board of Health may engage suitable persons to render sanitary service, to make or supervise practical and scientific...
• § 20-7-109 - Authority to Regulate Public Health -- Exceptions.
  (a) (1) Power is conferred on the State Board of Health to make all necessary and reasonable rules and regulations of a general nature...
• § 20-7-110 - Study and Prevention of Diseases.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health has general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the health of the citizens of this...
• § 20-7-111 - Administration of Certain Federal Acts.
  (a) The State of Arkansas does accept the benefits of any acts now passed or hereafter to be passed by Congress to provide for...
• § 20-7-112 - Inspections.
  (a) It is made the duty of all officers and agents who have the control, charge, or custody of any public structure, work, grounds,...
• § 20-7-113 - Nuisances.
  (a) (1) At any time, the Governor may require the State Board of Health to examine nuisances or questions affecting the security of life...
• § 20-7-114 - Public Health Laboratory.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall establish, equip, and maintain a public health laboratory that shall be used for making: (A) Analyses...
• § 20-7-115 - Transportation of Dead Bodies.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall prepare the necessary methods and forms and prescribe the rules regulating the issue and use of...
• § 20-7-116 - [Repealed.]
• § 20-7-117 - Hospices.
  (a) There is created within the Department of Health a State Hospice Office to be administered in a division of the department to be...
• § 20-7-118 - Annual Conference for Health Officers.
  (a) There shall be an annual conference of county health officers and city health officers of this state, meeting at such time and place...
• § 20-7-119 - Identification Tags and Bracelets.
  (a) When application is made and upon the payment of the fees provided in this section, the Department of Health may prepare and furnish...
• § 20-7-120 - No Right to Enter Home or Take Charge of Children.
  (a) No official, agent, or representative of the Department of Health shall have any right under this section to enter any home over the...
• § 20-7-121 - Annual Report.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to make an annual written report through the Director of the Department...
• § 20-7-122 - Reports for General Distribution.
  The State Board of Health may publish for general distribution such reports and other matter as it may deem useful in promoting the interest...
• § 20-7-123 - Fees.
  (a) All revenue derived from fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury, where they shall...
• § 20-7-124 - Disposition of Certain Fees.
  All fees collected by the Department of Health for food-related establishment permits, septic tank permits, and milk permits shall be deposited into the State...
• § 20-7-125 - Payment of Certain Salaries and Expenses.
  All salaries and other expenses provided for by this act which are not required to be paid by counties, cities, and incorporated towns shall...
• § 20-7-126 - Payment of Overtime for Home Health Employees.
  (a) The Department of Health may make overtime payments to employees engaged in the performance of home health activities.(b) The payments are to be...
• § 20-7-127 - Fees for Visits to Local Health Units.
  (a) (1) There is imposed a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each client visit to a local health unit. The State Board of...
• § 20-7-128 - Maintenance Fee for Breath Testing Instruments.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health may assess a fee for the maintenance of breath testing instruments by law enforcement agencies for purposes...
• § 20-7-129 - Reimbursement for Certain Medical Supplies or Services.
  (a) (1) The Department of Health may implement a reimbursement system to recover part or all of the costs of delivering services. (2) For...
• § 20-7-130 - Recovery of Expenditures for Extraordinary Operations.
  (a) The purpose of this section is to more equitably allocate the costs between the state and responsible parties when unforeseen circumstances arise as...
• § 20-7-131 - Local Control of County or City Units of the Department of Health.
  (a) The mayor or county judge of any city or county that is providing facilities for a local unit of the Department of Health...
• § 20-7-132 - Guidelines for Cleanup of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs.
  (a) The Department of Health shall develop guidelines for the cleanup of former clandestine methamphetamine drug labs.(b) The guidelines shall be made available on...
• § 20-7-133 - Child Health Advisory Committee -- Creation.
  (a) There is created a Child Health Advisory Committee to consist of twenty (20) members.(b) (1) The Director of the Department of Health shall...
• § 20-7-134 - Powers and Duties.
  (a) The Child Health Advisory Committee shall meet at least one (1) time per month and make recommendations to the State Board of Education...
• § 20-7-135 - Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards -- Implementation.
  (a) After having consulted the Child Health Advisory Committee and the State Board of Health, the State Board of Education shall promulgate appropriate rules...
• § 20-7-136 - Statewide Fluoridation Program.
  (a) As used in this section, "water system" means a facility including without limitation a parent system, consecutive system, or other system that holds,...
• § 20-7-137 - Soccer Goal Safety.
  (a) (1) As used in this section, "public recreation area" means an area that is used by members of the public for recreational activities....
• § 20-7-138 - [Repealed.]
• § 20-7-139 - Rules -- Home Visitation Program.
  The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement a home visitation program under § 20-78-901 et seq.

Last modified: November 15, 2016