Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 3, Chapter 48, Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally

• § 20-48-401 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services; (2) "Center" means a human...
• § 20-48-402 - Penalties.
  Any person who violates the following provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not...
• § 20-48-403 - Human Development Centers -- Creation.
  (a) There are created and there shall be maintained institutions for the care, custody, treatment, and training of mentally defective individuals to be known...
• § 20-48-404 - Eligibility for Admission.
  An individual may be deemed eligible for admission to a human development center if: (1) Due to developmental disability, the person is incapable of...
• § 20-48-405 - Petition for Admission.
  (a) A parent or guardian of a mentally defective individual may file with the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services a verified petition requesting that...
• § 20-48-406 - Admission Procedures.
  (a) (1) Upon receipt of the petition under § 20-48-405, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall make a determination as to whether or...
• § 20-48-407 - Order of Commitment.
  (a) The order of commitment shall include the name, residence, and date of birth of the individual, the nationality and address, insofar as may...
• § 20-48-408 - Transfer of Individuals From Other Institutions.
  (a) The superintendent of a state institution other than a human development center may report to the examining physicians and request the examination of...
• § 20-48-409 - Permit to Visit.
  (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may, under such conditions and for such length of time as it may deem advisable, permit an...
• § 20-48-410 - Return of Individual.
  Any officer authorized to serve criminal process shall, upon the written request of the superintendent, return to the human development center or hold in...
• § 20-48-411 - Charges.
  (a) (1) In the case of each petition for admission, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall investigate and determine whether the individual or...
• § 20-48-412 - Discharge.
  (a) Any individual who has entered a human development center by voluntary admission in accordance with the provisions of § 20-48-406(b) may be withdrawn...
• § 20-48-413 - Emotionally Disturbed Mentally Retarded Individuals.
  (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to establish and operate an appropriate facility at such location in the state as it...
• § 20-48-414 - Off-Premise Training for Staff Members.
  (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to extend to selected staff members of the human development centers off-premise assignments for educational...
• § 20-48-415 - Board of Developmental Disabilities Services -- Powers and Duties -- Proceedings -- Appointment of Superintendents.
  (a) The government and control of the human development centers shall be vested in the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services.(b) The board: (1) Shall...
• § 20-48-416 - Designation As State Agency for Carrying Out Federal Mental Retardation Acts.
  (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is designated as the single state agency for carrying out the purposes of any act of Congress...

Last modified: November 15, 2016