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AR Code § 12-12-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-314. Fees — Disposition

 (a) The State Crime Laboratory shall charge certain fees in an amount to be determined by the State Crime Laboratory Board, but subject to the limitations set forth in this section for certain records, reports, and consultations by laboratory physicians and analysts, and expert witness testimony provided in the trial of civil lawsuits, as follows:  (1) A fee shall be charged for records and reports of the laboratory in a reasonable amount to be set by the board when the request for the report shall be from an entity other than a law enforcement or criminal justice system agency;  (2)  (A) A fee shall be charged in an amount to be set by the board for consultations, scientific or medical research, depositions, expert witness testimony, and travel to and from courts.  (B) The fees under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section shall be at a rate not to exceed two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) per hour or one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) per day and shall be levied against the requesting individual, agency, or organization for work done in civil cases in which laboratory personnel involvement results from the performance of duties and responsibilities under this subchapter; and    (3) A charge of up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each autopsy requested by non-law enforcement officials.    (b) At no time shall any fee be levied or charge made to or against any law enforcement agency of the State of Arkansas for work performed under the provisions of this subchapter.  (c)  (1) All fees collected by the laboratory for copies of the following shall be deposited as a refund to expenditures:  (A) Autopsy reports;  (B) Autopsies requested by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the Department of Health for sudden infant death syndrome cases; and  (C) Expenses paid employees for testimony as expert witnesses.    (2) Other moneys derived from the charges provided for and authorized by this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account of the State General Government Fund.
AR Code § 12-12-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-316. Transportation of corpses

 (a) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to transport bodies of persons whose death is subject to the provisions of this subchapter to an appropriate place for autopsy or for any other scientific tests.  (b)  (1)  (A) The bodies of such deceased persons shall be returned to the county from which they were brought by or at the expense of the laboratory only if the State Medical Examiner determines that the cause of death was not suicide, accidental, or from natural causes.  (B) In cases in which the examiner determines that the cause of death was suicide, accidental, or from natural causes, the expense of transporting and returning the bodies of such deceased persons shall be borne by whomever requests the laboratory to examine the cause of death, except for cases referred under the provisions of § 12-12-315(a)(2).  (C) A body may be transported when authorized by the prosecuting attorney, circuit court, county sheriff, or chief of police, or upon the request of the next of kin of the deceased or the persons who may be responsible for burial, to a place other than the county of origin.    (2) The laboratory shall not, however, be required to provide actual transportation or the cost of transportation in excess of what would be required to return the body to the county of origin.    (c) The laboratory shall provide transportation or shall bear the cost of transportation at the option of the Director of the State Crime Laboratory, but in no case shall the cost of transportation of dead bodies subject to the provisions of this subchapter be borne by the laboratory without the prior approval and authorization of the director or his or her staff.
AR Code § 12-12-317 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-317. Death certificates

 (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, the certificate of death of a person whose death is investigated under this subchapter shall be made by the State Medical Examiner or by his or her designee or by the county coroner, whoever conducted the investigation.  (b) The examiner or his or her designee shall make and sign a certificate of death if:  (1)  (A) The examiner or his or her designee performs a postmortem examination.  (B) The person who performs the postmortem examination shall make and sign the certificate of death; or    (2)  (A) The certificate of death is for a person executed for a capital offense.  (B) The examiner or his or her designee shall list on the certificate of death of a person executed for a capital offense the:  (i) Manner of death as “Pursuant to a judicial sentence of death — Execution”; and  (ii) Cause of death as “electrocution” or “lethal injection”, as applicable.        (c) When a petition is filed with a court of competent jurisdiction to change the cause or manner of death listed on a certificate of death which has been signed by the examiner or by his or her designee, the State Crime Laboratory shall be notified of such petition, and the examiner or his or her designee shall be allowed to hear testimony presented by the petitioner and shall be given an opportunity to present evidence to the court to support the original ruling of the examiner or his or her designee who signed the certificate of death.
AR Code § 12-12-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-319. Embalming corpse subject to examination, investigation, or autopsy — Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead body when the body is subject to examination by the State Medical Examiner or his or her associates, assistants, or deputies as provided for in this subchapter, unless authorized by the examiner or his or her associates, assistants, or deputies or unless authorized by the prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which the death occurs to so embalm.  (b) When a body subject to examination by the examiner or his or her associates has been embalmed without authorization by or prior notice to the examiner or his or her associates, assistants, or deputies as provided for in this subchapter, the Director of the State Crime Laboratory may, at his or her discretion, require an order from the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which death occurred before proceeding with his or her duties and responsibilities under this subchapter.  (c) Persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 12-12-320 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-320. Autopsies — Removal of pituitary gland

 (a) The State Medical Examiner and his or her assistants may remove the pituitary gland during the course of an autopsy and donate the pituitary gland to an appropriate organization.  (b) However, the pituitary gland shall not be removed under the authority of this section if the next of kin or the person having the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains objects.
AR Code § 12-12-321 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-321. Autopsies — Exhumed bodies

 (a) Where death occurs under such circumstances as are set forth in § 12-12-315 and where a body has been buried without proper certification of death, it shall be the duty of the chief law enforcement official of the county or municipality in which death occurred or in which the body is buried or the State Medical Examiner, his or her associates, assistants, or deputies to notify the prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which death occurred and the body is buried.  (b) The prosecuting attorney shall thereupon present the facts to the circuit court of the county, and the court may, by written order, require that the body be exhumed and an autopsy be performed by the State Crime Laboratory or its designee.  (c) A full and complete report of the facts developed by the autopsy shall be furnished to the court and the prosecuting attorney in timely fashion.  (d) The cost of the exhumation and for transportation to and from the place of autopsy shall be borne by the county in which the death occurred.
AR Code § 12-12-322 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-322. Hazardous duty pay

 (a)  (1) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to provide special compensation to certain employees for each full pay period of eighty (80) hours worked in a job which requires contact at crime scenes, emergency sites, or other sites where exposure to potentially hazardous substances is possible.  (2) It is recognized that many substances which may be encountered may create harmful health effects from either short-term or long-term exposure.  (3) This special pay is to compensate the employees for the increased risk of personal injury.  (4) The rate of pay will be one and one-half (1.5) times the regular authorized hourly pay or hourly rate of pay and will be paid only for the time while at the site of a clandestine laboratory.  (5) Payment will be controlled by the Director of the State Crime Laboratory.    (b) The rate of pay for individuals who work less than a full pay period of eighty (80) hours or transfer to other work areas not defined in subsection (a) of this section, or both, will not receive any enhanced rate of pay for that or subsequent pay periods.  (c) This section covers employees who respond to clandestine laboratory sites for the purpose of assisting and dismantling of such laboratory sites and is limited to those employees in the position of:  (d) A monthly report shall be made to the Legislative Council describing all payments made to employees under the provisions of this section.    Class Code Title (1) B048 Chief Forensic Chemist; (2) Y023 Crime Lab Instrumentation Engineer, when performing the duties of a Forensic Chemist; (3) B057 Forensic Chemist; and (4) N336 Latent Prints Examiner.   Click to view table.
AR Code § 12-12-323 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-323. Crime Lab Equipment Fund

 (a) There is created the Crime Lab Equipment Fund on the books of the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.  (b) The moneys in the fund shall be used by the State Crime Laboratory only for:  (1) The purchase of equipment;  (2) Operating expenses;  (3) Constructing and equipping regional crime laboratories; and  (4) The personal services and operating expenses of regional crime laboratories.
AR Code § 12-12-324 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory|§ 12-12-324. Testing by State Crime Laboratory

 (a) A firearm used in the commission of a crime that comes into the custody of a law enforcement agency in this state may be delivered to the State Crime Laboratory within thirty (30) calendar days for forensic testing for firearms meeting the caliber and type determined by the Director of the State Crime Laboratory.  (b)  (1)  (A) The laboratory may conduct forensic tests on all firearms received and input the resulting data into the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.  (B) The forensic tests may include without limitation firing of the firearm and electronic imaging of the bullets and casings.    (2) The laboratory shall coordinate with all participating agencies when investigations require the use of the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network computer database.  (3) The laboratory shall provide written analysis reports and experts for testimony when feasible.  (4) After completion of the forensic testing, the firearm shall be returned to the law enforcement agency that submitted the firearm for forensic testing.  (5) When the law enforcement agency regains possession of the firearm and after final adjudication, the law enforcement agency shall immediately notify the owner, unless the owner is prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, that the owner may regain possession of the firearm at the offices of the law enforcement agency.    (c) A law enforcement agency in this state may request the assistance of the Division of Arkansas State Police in tracing a firearm.  (d) A firearm seized by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission for violation of a commission rule is exempt from this section.  (e) The State Crime Laboratory Board may adopt rules for the implementation of this section, including without limitation rules regarding forensic testing of a firearm and procedures for submission of a firearm.
AR Code § 12-12-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault — Medical-Legal Examinations|§ 12-12-401. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Appropriate emergency medical-legal examinations” means health care delivered with emphasis on the collection of evidence for the purpose of prosecution.  (B) It shall include, but not be limited to, the appropriate components contained in an evidence collection kit for sexual assault examination distributed by the Forensic DNA Section of the State Crime Laboratory;    (2) “Licensed health care provider” means a person licensed in a healthcare field who conducts medical-legal examinations;  (3) “Medical facility” means any healthcare provider that is currently licensed by the Department of Health and providing emergency services; and  (4) “Victim” means any person who has been a victim of any alleged sexual assault or incest as defined by § 5-14-101 et seq. and § 5-26-202.
AR Code § 12-12-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault — Medical-Legal Examinations|§ 12-12-403. Examinations and treatment — Payment

 (a) All licensed emergency departments shall provide prompt, appropriate emergency medical-legal examinations for sexual assault victims.  (b)  (1)  (A) All victims shall be exempted from the payment of expenses incurred as a result of receiving a medical-legal examination if the victim receives the medical-legal examination within ninety-six (96) hours of the attack.  (B) However, the time limitation of ninety-six (96) hours may be waived if the victim is a minor or if the Crime Victims Reparations Board finds that good cause exists for the failure to provide the medical-legal examination within the required time.    (2)  (A) This subsection does not require a victim of sexual assault to participate in the criminal justice system or to cooperate with law enforcement in order to be provided with a forensic medical exam or reimbursement for charges incurred on account of a forensic medical exam, or both.  (B) Subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section does not preclude a report of suspected abuse or neglect as permitted or required by the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.      (c)  (1) A medical facility or licensed healthcare provider that performs a medical-legal examination shall submit a sexual assault reimbursement form, an itemized statement that meets the requirements of 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(d), as it existed on January 2, 2001, directly to the board for payment.  (2) The medical facility or licensed healthcare provider shall not submit any remaining balance after reimbursement by the board to the victim.  (3) Acceptance of payment of the expenses of the medical-legal examination by the board shall be considered payment in full and bars any legal action for collection.
AR Code § 12-12-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault — Medical-Legal Examinations|§ 12-12-404. Reimbursement of medical facility — Rules

 (a) The Crime Victims Reparations Board may reimburse any medical facility or licensed healthcare provider that provides the services outlined in this subchapter for the reasonable cost for such services.  (b) The board is empowered to prescribe minimum standards and rules necessary to implement this subchapter. These shall include, but not be limited to, a cost ceiling for each claim and the determination of reasonable cost.
AR Code § 12-12-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault — Medical-Legal Examinations|§ 12-12-405. License suspension or revocation

 Noncompliance with the provisions of this subchapter is grounds for licensure suspension or revocation pursuant to the provisions of § 20-9-215 or any other provisions governing the licensure of medical facilities or healthcare providers.
AR Code § 12-12-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 6 - Knife and Gunshot Wound Reporting|§ 12-12-601. Penalty

 Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any amount not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 12-12-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 6 - Knife and Gunshot Wound Reporting|§ 12-12-602. Report of treatment required

 (a) All physicians, surgeons, hospitals, druggists, or other persons or entities that render first aid treatment to a person shall report as provided in subsection (b) of this section if they treat or receive in the hospital a case of a:  (1) Knife or gunshot wound when the knife or gunshot wound appears to have been intentionally inflicted; or  (2) Burn wound that could reasonably be connected to criminal activity that is:  (A) A second or third degree burn to five percent (5%) or more of a person's body; or  (B) A burn to a person's upper respiratory tract or laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heated air.      (b) The reporting requirements of this subchapter are satisfied if:  (1) The report is made to the county sheriff;  (2) Within a city of the first class, the report is made to the municipal law enforcement agency; or  (3) The report is made under subdivision (a)(2) of this section to the local fire marshal, fire chief, assistant fire chief, or an officer of the fire department having jurisdiction.    (c) A physician, surgeon, hospital, druggist, or other person or entity required to report under this section that, in good faith, makes a report under this section has immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making of a report under this section.
AR Code § 12-12-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 6 - Knife and Gunshot Wound Reporting|§ 12-12-603. Contents and time of report

 (a) The report shall be made immediately upon the nature of the injury being ascertained, shall be by telephone if possible and practicable, otherwise by writing, and shall contain the name, age, sex, race, and location of the person so injured, together with names of persons bringing the patient in for treatment, if any.  (b) A written report under this subchapter shall not be in compliance unless speedier means of transmitting the notice are not available, are impractical, or are incapable of reaching an officer.
AR Code § 12-12-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 7 - Psychological Stress Tests|§ 12-12-701. Authorization

 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Polygraph Examiners Licensing Act, § 17-39-101 et seq., all law enforcement agencies in this state are authorized to use a psychological stress evaluation instrument to test or question individuals for the purpose of determining and verifying the truth of statements.
AR Code § 12-12-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 7 - Psychological Stress Tests|§ 12-12-702. Warnings

 Prior to administering any psychological evaluation tests, the person to whom the test is administered must be warned prior to any questioning that:   (1) He or she has a right to remain silent;  (2) Anything he or she says can be used against him or her in a court of law;  (3) He or she has the right to the presence of an attorney; and  (4) If he or she cannot afford an attorney, one may be appointed for him or her prior to his or her questioning if he or she so desires.
AR Code § 12-12-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 7 - Psychological Stress Tests|§ 12-12-703. Minors

 No psychological stress evaluation shall be given to any person under eighteen (18) years of age without first having received written authorization from the parent or guardian of the individual.
AR Code § 12-12-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations|Subchapter 7 - Psychological Stress Tests|§ 12-12-704. Results inadmissible

 The results of any such examination as provided in this subchapter shall be inadmissible in all courts in this state.