§ 20-64-1001. Arkansas Drug Director
(a) (1) There is created within the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services a position of Arkansas Drug Director. (2) The Arkansas Drug Director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (3) The Arkansas Drug Director shall report to […]
§ 20-64-1002. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council — Creation
(a) There is hereby established the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council, hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “coordinating council”. (b) The coordinating council shall be composed of twenty-seven (27) members as follows: (1) Thirteen (13) members of the coordinating council shall be administrative officers of the following agencies, or their appropriate […]
§ 20-64-1003. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council — Functions, powers, and duties
(a) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the responsibility for overseeing all planning, budgeting, and implementation of expenditures of state and federal funds allocated for alcohol and drug education, prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. (b) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: […]
§ 20-64-823. Filing of petition — Legal representation
The petition may be filed by the local prosecuting attorney, an attorney representing the petitioner, or pro se. The county shall establish an indigency fund to permit the petitioner to request a court-appointed attorney by filing an affidavit of indigency. The attorney may be allowed a fee of up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150). […]
§ 20-64-909. Penalties
(a) Any person, partnership, association, or corporation establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug abuse treatment program within the meaning of this subchapter without first obtaining licensure shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine imposed pursuant to a Class A […]
§ 20-64-824. Additional commitment
(a) An additional forty-five-day commitment order may be requested if in the opinion of the treatment staff a person remains suicidal, homicidal, or gravely disabled. (b) (1) (A) Any request for periods of additional commitment pursuant to this section shall be made by a petition verified by the receiving facility or program treatment staff. (B) […]
§ 20-64-825. Voluntary status
(a) At any time during detention, the person may be converted to voluntary status if the person’s certified substance abuse counselor files a written statement of consent with the court. The court shall dismiss the petition immediately upon the filing of said statement. (b) If, upon evaluation, the certified substance abuse counselor determines that the […]
§ 20-64-826. Early release
(a) If any person is released from detention before the expiration of the period of commitment, the court may condition the release upon the person’s compliance with outpatient treatment for the time not to exceed the duration of the commitment order and at the receiving facility or program as may be specified by the court. […]
§ 20-64-827. Appeals
All commitment orders authorized herein shall be considered final and appealable under Rule 2 of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure — Civil.
§ 20-64-828. Presumption of competency
No person admitted voluntarily or committed involuntarily to a receiving facility or program under this subchapter shall be considered incompetent per se by virtue of the admission or commitment.