§ 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 follows: (A) Three (3) members appointed by the Governor as follows: (i) One (1) member who is a physician licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board; (ii) One (1) member […]
§ 20-8-113. Findings
The General Assembly finds and determines that: (1) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services is obligated by law to provide appropriate care to juveniles adjudicated delinquent and committed to the division’s custody; (2) The division, pursuant to judicial decrees, assumes custody of delinquent juveniles with little or no notice; (3) […]
§ 20-8-201. Legislative intent
(a) It is declared and found that a major problem facing medicine and the public health and welfare is the absence of an adequate program to assist in the treatment and rehabilitation of persons with congenital or acquired spinal cord dysfunction. (b) (1) It has been found that no fewer than one thousand one hundred […]
§ 20-8-202. Creation — Members
(a) There is established the Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission, to consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor from the state at large for terms of ten (10) years and confirmed by the Senate, as provided by law. The members of the commission shall be either spinal cord injured victims themselves, members […]
§ 20-8-203. Powers and duties
The Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) To identify and cooperate with existing agencies, organizations, and individuals offering services to the spinal cord injured or spina bifida patient for the establishment and integration of a statewide system of treatment, rehabilitation, counseling, and social services by means of entering […]
§ 20-8-206. Central registry — Definition — Legislative intent
(a) (1) The Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission shall establish and maintain a central registry of spinal cord disabled persons. Every public and private health and social agency and attending physician shall report to the commission within five (5) calendar days after identification of any spinal cord disabled person. However, the consent of the individual shall […]
§ 20-8-301. Findings
The General Assembly finds: (1) That Arkansas consistently ranks among the most unhealthy states in the nation; (2) That after just one (1) year of regular walking exercise, previously sedentary smokers refrained from smoking at two (2) times the rate of those who received only health education; (3) That Arkansans who exercise regularly choose walking […]
§ 20-8-103. Health Services Permit Commission — Powers and duties
(a) The Health Services Permit Commission shall evaluate the availability and adequacy of health facilities and health services as they relate to long-term care facilities and home healthcare service agencies in this state. (b) The commission shall designate those locales or areas of the state in which, due to the requirements of the population or […]
§ 20-8-104. Health Services Permit Agency — Powers and duties
(a) There is created and established the Health Services Permit Agency, which shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Health. (b) The agency, under the administration of the department, shall possess and exercise such duties and powers as necessary to implement the policy and procedures adopted by the Health Services Permit […]
§ 20-8-105. Director
(a) There shall be a Director of the Health Services Permit Agency, who shall be the executive head of the Health Services Permit Agency. (b) The director shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (c) The director shall report to the […]