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AR Code § 20-14-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-802. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Cued speech” means the system of handshapes that represent groups of consonant sounds and hand placements that represent groups of vowel sounds that is used with natural speech to represent a visual model of spoken language;  (2) “Deaf individual” means an individual who has a documented hearing loss so severe that the individual is unable to process speech and language through hearing, with or without amplification;  (3) “Deaf interpreter” means a deaf individual who facilitates communication between another deaf person and a licensed qualified interpreter or between two (2) or more deaf persons;  (4) “Deafblind individual” means an individual who has a combined loss of vision and hearing that prevents the individual's vision or hearing from being used as a primary source for accessing information;  (5) “Hard of hearing individual” means an individual who has a hearing loss, may primarily use visual communication, and may use assistive devices;  (6) “Interpret” means to provide language equivalency between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf using techniques that include without limitation:  (A) American Sign Language;  (B) English-based sign language;  (C) Cued speech; and  (D) Oral interpreting;    (7) “Interpreting agency” means an entity that provides qualified interpreter services for a fee;  (8) “Licensed provisional interpreter” means an individual who is deaf, licensed under this subchapter;  (9) “Licensed qualified interpreter” means an individual licensed under this subchapter;  (10) “Oral deaf individual” means an individual whose sense of hearing is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and whose primary method of communication is speech reading and spoken English; and  (11) “Oral interpreting” means the use of oral transliteration with special techniques to make the English language visible for persons who communicate as speech readers.
AR Code § 20-14-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-803. Penalties

 (a)  (1) A person who is not licensed under this subchapter and who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of holding himself or herself out to the public as a licensed qualified interpreter is guilty of a violation and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (2) If a person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of a violation under subdivision (a)(1) of this section complies with this subchapter within thirty (30) days after pleading guilty or nolo contendere to or being found guilty of a violation under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the court shall suspend the fine under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.    (b) An interpreting agency that pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of knowingly hiring or providing interpreting services for an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf through an individual not licensed under this subchapter is guilty of a violation and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 20-14-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-804. Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf — Creation — Membership

 (a) The Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf is created within the Department of Health.  (b) The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health as follows:  (1) Four (4) licensed qualified interpreters appointed from a list of eight (8) submitted by the Arkansas Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. in conjunction with the Arkansas Association for the Deaf;  (2) Two (2) members appointed from a list of four (4) submitted by the Arkansas Association for the Deaf in conjunction with the Arkansas Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. who are deaf persons, hard of hearing persons, or oral deaf persons not licensed under this subchapter; and  (3) One (1) member appointed from a list of two (2) submitted by the Arkansas Association for the Deaf in conjunction with the Arkansas Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. who are neither individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf and who are not licensed under this subchapter.    (c)  (1) Each member shall serve a term of three (3) years.  (2) A member shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.    (d) Four (4) members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the board.  (e) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the secretary shall appoint to complete the term vacated a person who possesses the same qualifications as those required for the position to which he or she is appointed.
AR Code § 20-14-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-806. Powers and duties of Secretary of Department of Health

 (a) After consideration of the recommendation of the Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf, the Secretary of the Department of Health shall:  (1) Issue or deny a license or a renewal of license of a licensed qualified interpreter;  (2) Issue or deny a license or a renewal of a licensed provisional interpreter license;  (3) Confirm or overrule a recommendation to revoke or suspend a license for an interpreter between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf;  (4) Create and maintain a registry of licensed qualified interpreters; and  (5) Establish reasonable fees for licensure and renewal of licensure.    (b) Before a rule is promulgated under this subchapter, the proposed rule shall be presented to the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 20-14-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-807. Licenses

 (a) A licensed qualified interpreter shall meet criteria established under this subchapter for interpreters, including without limitation certification or credentialing by the:  (1) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services Quality Assurance Screening Test;  (2) Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment;  (3) National Association of the Deaf;  (4) National Cued Speech Association;  (5) Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.; or  (6) Texas Board for Evaluation of Interpreters.    (b) A licensed provisional interpreter license may be issued to a deaf interpreter who meets criteria established under this subchapter.  (c) A license issued under this subchapter is valid for one (1) year.
AR Code § 20-14-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-808. Prohibitions

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, it is unlawful for an individual to use the title “licensed qualified interpreter” or “licensed provisional interpreter” or to hold himself or herself out as an interpreter between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf unless the individual using the title holds a license under this subchapter.  (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:  (1) A person who interprets for an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf during a religious service;  (2) A nonresident interpreter who holds a credential or a certificate valid in another state who interprets in Arkansas less than twenty (20) days per year;  (3) A person who interprets during an emergency; or  (4) A person who is an interpreter intern or a student in training who is:  (A) Enrolled in and pursuing a degree in interpreting at an accredited institution of higher education; or  (B) Interpreting under the supervision of a licensed qualified interpreter as part of a supervised program of study.
AR Code § 20-14-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 14 - Individuals With Disabilities|Subchapter 8 - Interpreters Between Hearing Individuals and Individuals Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf|§ 20-14-809. Rules

 The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-15-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 2 - Cancer|§ 20-15-201. Reporting requirements

 The Department of Health shall accumulate such data concerning cancer in Arkansas and its residents as is deemed appropriate for the purposes of describing the frequency of cancer, furnishing reports to health professionals and the public, and for planning and evaluating cancer prevention and control programs. The data shall be collected under the authority of rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.
AR Code § 20-15-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 2 - Cancer|§ 20-15-202. State cancer plan

 A task force consisting of public and private entities shall be established by the Secretary of the Department of Health to assist the Department of Health in developing a strategic plan for a coordinated, comprehensive, statewide network of cancer resources, services, and programs.
AR Code § 20-15-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 2 - Cancer|§ 20-15-203. Confidentiality

 Information accumulated and maintained in the Arkansas Central Cancer Registry shall not be divulged except as statistical information which does not identify individuals and for purposes of such research as approved by the State Board of Health.
AR Code § 20-15-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 2 - Cancer|§ 20-15-204. Agreements with other states

 (a) The Department of Health may enter into agreements with other states and federal organizations authorized to exchange registry data.  (b) The agreements shall prohibit divulging information to entities without prior approval of the department.
AR Code § 20-15-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 2 - Cancer|§ 20-15-205. Gifts, grants, and donations

 The Department of Health may receive gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-15-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 3 - Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Sickle-Cell Anemia|§ 20-15-301. Injunction

 The State Board of Health shall have the power to enforce this subchapter by appropriate action for injunction in the circuit courts of this state.
AR Code § 20-15-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 3 - Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Sickle-Cell Anemia|§ 20-15-302. Testing of newborn infants

 (a)  (1)  (A) All newborn infants shall be tested for phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, galactosemia, cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, and spinal muscular atrophy.  (B) In addition, if reliable and efficient testing techniques are available, all newborn infants shall be tested for other genetic disorders by employing procedures approved by the State Board of Health.    (2)  (A) Medicaid shall reimburse the hospital that performs the tests required under subdivision (a)(1) of this section for the cost of the tests.  (B) The reimbursement shall be in addition to the hospital's per diem payments for the newborn infant.      (b) All positive test results shall be sent immediately to the Department of Health.  (c)  (1) The department shall establish and maintain a program of reviewing and following up on positive cases so that measures may be taken to prevent intellectual and other developmental disability or other permanent disabilities.  (2)  (A) Information on newborn infants and their families compiled under this section may be used by the department and persons or public or private entities designated by the department.  (B) Information used under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section may not refer to or disclose the identity of any person.    (3) All materials, data, and information received by the department are confidential and are not subject to examination or disclosure as public information under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.    (d)  (1) The department shall conduct an intensive educational and training program among physicians, hospitals, public health nurses, and the public concerning the disorders covered under this section.  (2) The program shall include information concerning:  (A) The nature of the disorders;  (B) Testing for the detection of these disorders; and  (C) Treatment modalities for these disorders.      (e) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the parents or legal guardian of a newborn infant object to the testing on medical, religious, or philosophical grounds.  (f) Testing for cystic fibrosis under this section shall be implemented only if funding is available.
AR Code § 20-15-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 3 - Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Sickle-Cell Anemia|§ 20-15-303. Exception

 This subchapter shall not apply to any child whose parents or guardian objects thereto on the grounds that it conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious faith of which the parent or guardian is an adherent or member.
AR Code § 20-15-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 3 - Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Sickle-Cell Anemia|§ 20-15-304. Administration by Department of Health

 It shall be the duty of the Department of Health to:   (1) Enforce this subchapter;  (2) Prescribe the tests that may be administered in compliance with this subchapter;  (3) Promulgate rules in conjunction with the Insurance Commissioner establishing:  (A) What persons and institutions shall be required to obtain specimens from newborn infants in compliance with this subchapter;  (B) The amount to be charged by the central laboratory for processing the specimens; and  (C) The method of billing the charges to the persons and institutions;    (4) Furnish copies of this subchapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this subchapter to physicians, hospitals, or other institutions or persons required by its rules to have tests administered to newborn infants;  (5) Establish a central laboratory and to equip, staff, and operate the laboratory for the purpose of receiving specimens from physicians, hospitals, and institutions, to assure that tests are conducted, and to report findings resulting from the tests;  (6) Monitor positive test results and assist in treatment and care of affected infants, such follow-up procedures to begin no later than ten (10) days from the time a specimen is diagnosed as positive; and  (7) Disseminate information and advice to the public concerning the dangers and effects of phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, galactosemia, sickle-cell anemia, and all other disorders of metabolism for which screening is performed by or for the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 20-15-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 4 - Reye's Syndrome|§ 20-15-401. Duty of physician to report

 (a) Every physician practicing medicine in the State of Arkansas shall report to the Department of Health any case or suspected case of Reye's syndrome disease which he or she is attending, or has examined, or for which the physician has prescribed.  (b) The report shall be made as promptly as possible from the time the physician first visits, examines, or prescribes for the patient, and the report shall state the name, age, sex, race, usual residence, place where the patient is to be found, the nature of the disease, the date of onset, and any additional information that the Secretary of the Department of Health may require.  (c) The department shall send a copy of the report to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention together with additional information relating thereto as may be required by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AR Code § 20-15-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 5 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act|§ 20-15-501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act”.
AR Code § 20-15-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 5 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act|§ 20-15-502. Reports required

 (a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city police officer, state police officer, member of the staff of any public or private hospital, or attending physician with knowledge of the sudden death of a child between the ages of one (1) week and one (1) year who appeared in apparent good health shall immediately report the death to the county coroner or the county sheriff if the county coroner is unavailable, within twenty-four (24) hours after the discovery of the death.  (b) The report shall include facts concerning the time, place, manner, and circumstances surrounding the death.  (c) Upon receipt of the report, the county coroner, or the county sheriff if the county coroner is unavailable, shall report the death to the Department of Health and the Child Abuse Hotline.
AR Code § 20-15-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 5 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act|§ 20-15-503. Autopsy

 (a) Upon receipt of the report, the county coroner, or the county sheriff if the county coroner is unavailable, shall request from the parents or guardian of the deceased written permission upon a form provided by the Department of Health for an autopsy to be made to determine the exact cause of death.  (b)  (1) Upon receipt of the permission, the county coroner, or the county sheriff if the county coroner is unavailable, shall notify the department. The department shall arrange for the transportation of the deceased and arrange for an autopsy to be made by a licensed physician in the State of Arkansas and shall arrange for the return transportation of the deceased.  (2) If the parents or guardian shall refuse permission for an autopsy to be made, the death nevertheless shall be reported to the department.    (c)  (1) The results and findings of the autopsy, if any is performed, shall be reported to the parents or guardian of the deceased.  (2) The appropriate finding of cause of death shall be recorded upon the certificate of death in any case and the term “sudden infant death syndrome” shall be entered on the certificate of death when it is appropriately descriptive of the circumstances and cause of death of the child.    (d) Information concerning sudden infant death syndrome shall be provided by the department to the parents or guardian of an infant whose death has been reported pursuant to this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-15-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 5 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act|§ 20-15-504. Limitation on autopsies

 The Department of Health shall provide for the transportation and the autopsy as provided in § 20-15-503 only so long as federal funds are available to the department for the transportation and autopsies of suspected victims of sudden infant death syndrome.
AR Code § 20-15-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 6 - Renal Diseases|§ 20-15-601. Legislative findings and purpose

 (a)  (1) It is declared and found that one (1) of the major problems facing medicine and the public health and welfare is the lack of an adequate program to assist in the treatment and cure of persons suffering from chronic kidney disease.  (2) It is estimated that a number of citizens of this state annually are confronted with chronic kidney disease requiring complicated and expensive treatment which is often beyond the financial resources of the individuals.  (3) There is a critical shortage of adequate facilities within the state for the discovery, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of individuals suffering from chronic kidney disease.    (b) In order to provide for the care and treatment of persons suffering from acute or chronic kidney disease and in order to encourage and assist in the development of adequate treatment facilities for persons suffering from acute or chronic kidney disease, it is essential that the state develop a program of financial assistance to aid in defraying a portion of the cost for the care and treatment of chronic kidney disease to the extent that the individual suffering from the disease is unable to pay for the services on a continuing basis.