Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 8, Subchapter 5 - Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative Act

• § 20-8-501 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative Act".
• § 20-8-502 - Legislative Findings.
  The General Assembly finds that: (1) More than one hundred million (100,000,000) Americans and two billion (2,000,000,000) other humans worldwide suffer from diseases that...
• § 20-8-503 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Amniotic fluid" means the fluid inside the amnion; (2) "Nonembryonic stem cell research" means medical research involving stem...
• § 20-8-504 - Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative.
  (a) (1) On or before June 30, 2008, the Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative shall establish a network of postnatal...
• § 20-8-505 - Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative -- Creation -- Members.
  (a) The Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative is created.(b) (1) The commission shall consist of eleven (11) members appointed as...
• § 20-8-506 - Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative -- Powers and Duties.
  (a) The Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative shall: (1) Investigate the implementation of this subchapter and recommend improvements in this...

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