Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9, Subchapter 2 - Health Facilities Services

• § 20-9-201 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the chief administrative officer in the Division of Health Facilities Services; (2) "Alcohol and drug abuse...
• § 20-9-202 - Penalties.
  (a) Any person, partnership, association, or corporation establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any institution without first obtaining a license therefor as provided or violating...
• § 20-9-203 - Injunction.
  The State Board of Health may sue in the name of the state any person, partnership, association, or corporation in order to enjoin the...
• § 20-9-204 - Administration by Division of Health Facilities Services.
  (a) There is established in the State Board of Health a Division of Health Facilities Services, which shall be administered by a full-time salaried...
• § 20-9-205 - Powers and Duties of State Board of Health.
  (a) In carrying out this subchapter, the State Board of Health is empowered and directed to: (1) Require such reports, make such inspections and...
• § 20-9-206 - Construction Program -- Survey and Planning Activities.
  (a) The State Board of Health is empowered and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities including public, nonprofit, and...
• § 20-9-207 - Construction Program -- Federal Funds for Surveying and Planning.
  (a) The State Board of Health may make application to the United States Surgeon General for and receive federal funds to assist in carrying...
• § 20-9-208 - Construction Program -- State Plan.
  (a) (1) The State Board of Health shall prepare and submit to the United States Surgeon General a state plan which shall include the...
• § 20-9-209 - Construction Program -- Application for Funds.
  (a) Applications for hospital and medical facilities construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the State Board of Health...
• § 20-9-210 - Construction Program -- Payment of Installments.
  The State Board of Health shall from time to time cause to be inspected each construction project approved by the United States Surgeon General....
• § 20-9-211 - Construction Program -- Federal Funds.
  (a) The State Board of Health is empowered to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, such applicants.(b) Money received from...
• § 20-9-212 - Minimum Standards for Hospitals and Other Institutions.
  (a) The State Board of Health shall require hospitals and other institutions which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan to comply...
• § 20-9-213 - License Required -- Administration by State Board of Health.
  (a) No hospital, recuperation center, or related institution shall be established, conducted, or maintained in this state without obtaining a license.(b) The State Board...
• § 20-9-214 - Issuance of License -- Fees.
  (a) The State Board of Health shall issue licenses for the operation of institutions, subject to this subchapter, when the institutions are found to...
• § 20-9-215 - License -- Denial, Suspension, and Revocation.
  (a) The State Board of Health is empowered to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses on any of the following grounds: (1) Violation of any...
• § 20-9-216 - License -- Judicial Review.
  (a) Any applicant or licensee who is dissatisfied with the decision of the State Board of Health or other body designated by the Department...
• § 20-9-217 - Alterations, Additions, and New Construction of Facilities.
  (a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe by regulation that any licensee or applicant desiring to make specified types of alterations or additions...
• § 20-9-218 - Emergency Services Facilities.
  (a) The Department of Health is empowered to license under this subchapter and §§ 20-10-213 -- 20-10-231 those hospitals which have discontinued inpatient services...
• § 20-9-219 - Inspections of Facilities.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Accrediting organization" means an organization that awards accreditation or certification to hospitals or managed care organizations and...
• § 20-9-220 - Annual Report.
  The Department of Health shall make an annual report of its activities and operations under this subchapter to the Governor and shall make such...
• § 20-9-221 - Information Confidential.
  (a) Information received by the Department of Health through inspection, or otherwise, authorized under this subchapter, shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner...
• § 20-9-222 - Certification Fee.
  The Department of Health may levy and collect a fee for the issuance of an annual certification to child health management services clinics. The...
• § 20-9-223 - Medical Office Licensure.
  A medical office owned and operated by a physician or more than one (1) physician may apply for licensure by the State Board of...

Last modified: November 15, 2016