(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that because of the inherent threat of human danger posed by injudicious use, or misuse, of dangerous substances, the physicians and allied health professionals who provide healthcare services for Arkansas citizens are in need of emergency poison control and drug information and toxicological laboratory services sufficient to provide, […]
The purpose of this subchapter shall be to implement a statewide emergency poison control-drug information-toxicological laboratory services program (PC-DI-TL) designed and structured to deliver, on a twenty-four-hour coverage basis, reliable, accurate, qualified professional judgments and responses to requests for emergency poison control-drug information data and toxicological laboratory services, such services to include, but not be […]
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Category I response” within the toxicology laboratory component means a response delivered within six (6) hours after receipt of the sample to be identified; (2) “Category II response” within the toxicology laboratory component means a response delivered within twelve (12) hours after receipt of the sample to be identified; […]
Any individual who shall fraudulently represent himself or herself to be a person entitled to invoke the services of the PC-DI-TL system when such is not the case or any person who attempts to obtain information later put to illegal use in any way shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in […]
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health may: (1) Employ any coordination measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter within and among the responsible components; (2) Engage in any educational program or effort undertaken in partnership with county or municipal governmental agencies or other groups if, in his or her judgment, such […]
(a) (1) The Department of Health may appoint an advisory committee to assist in the development and review of rules promulgated under the authority of this subchapter. (2) The committee shall consist of an uneven number of persons, not to exceed seven (7), appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health. (b) (1) Membership […]
(a) (1) (A) The time-response design shall embrace two (2) broad, major, selective categories inherent in the threat of human danger posed by injudicious use or misuse of dangerous substances. (B) A Category I response shall be delivered within six (6) hours after receipt of the sample to be identified. (C) A Category II response […]
(a) Each permanent component within the PC-DI-TL services system shall designate those persons within the component department who shall have responsibility for implementing and developing this toxicology services system, and each shall provide written notice of the designations to the Secretary of the Department of Health. (b) The persons so designated shall be qualified by […]
(a) Subject to the approval of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, registration or tuition fees, or both, in the University of Arkansas system are to be waived for those students who provide concurrent services to the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center of the College […]
None of the personnel within any of the components of the PC-DI-TL sevices system shall incur personal liability or be placed in any legal jeopardy for laboratory services provided, analyses executed and reported, information proffered in good faith, professional judgments and responses provided for the system, or any good faith professional efforts to effectuate the […]
Each of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences components, the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center, the Library of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for nonemergency poison and drug information, and the Chemistry Branch of the Public Health Laboratory of the Department of Health, shall make available to the Secretary of the […]
