§ 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 […]
§ 20-8-201. 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 […]