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AR Code § 20-15-2403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee|§ 20-15-2403. Access to records

 (a) Healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies shall provide reasonable access to the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee to all relevant medical records associated with a case under review by the committee.  (b) A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or pharmacy providing access to medical records as described in subsection (a) of this section is not liable for civil damages or subject to any criminal or disciplinary action for good faith efforts in providing such records.
AR Code § 20-15-2404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee|§ 20-15-2404. Confidentiality

 (a)  (1) Information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data collected under this subchapter are not admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any other tribunal, board, agency, or person.  (2) Information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data collected under this subchapter shall not be exhibited or disclosed in any way, in whole or in part, by any officer or representative of the Department of Health or any other person, except as necessary for the purpose of furthering the review of the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee of the case to which they relate.  (3) A person participating in a review shall not disclose, in any manner, the information so obtained except in strict conformity with such review project.    (b) All information, records of interviews, written reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data obtained by the department, the committee, and other persons, agencies, or organizations so authorized by the department under this subchapter are confidential.  (c)  (1) All proceedings and activities of the committee under this subchapter, opinions of members of the committee formed as a result of such proceedings and activities, and records obtained, created, or maintained pursuant to this subchapter, including records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the department or any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly or under contract with the department in connection with the requirements of this subchapter, are confidential and are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., relating to open meetings, subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.  (2) However, this subchapter does not limit or restrict the right to discover or use in any civil or criminal proceeding anything that is available from another source and entirely independent of the committee's proceedings.    (d)  (1) Members of the committee shall not be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding the information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting or communication of the committee.  (2) This subchapter does not prevent a member of the committee from testifying to information obtained independently of the committee or which is public information.
AR Code § 20-15-2405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee|§ 20-15-2405. Disclosure

 Disclosure of protected health information is allowed for public health, safety, and law enforcement purposes and providing case information on maternal deaths for review by the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee is not a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
AR Code § 20-15-2406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee|§ 20-15-2406. Immunity from liability

 State, local, or regional members of the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee are immune from civil and criminal liability in connection with their good faith participation in a maternal death review and all activities related to a review with the committee.
AR Code § 20-15-2407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally|Subchapter 24 - Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee|§ 20-15-2407. Reporting

 (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee shall file a written report on maternal and perinatal outcomes and its recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to:  (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;  (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and  (3) The Legislative Council.    (b) The report shall include:  (1) The findings and recommendations of the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee; and  (2) An analysis of factual information obtained from the review of the birth outcome data and local or regional review panels that do not violate the confidentiality provisions under this subchapter.    (c) The report shall include only aggregate data and shall not identify a particular facility or provider.
AR Code § 20-16-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-16-102. Authorization to distribute organ and tissue donation information for a fatal fetal diagnosis

 (a) A physician may distribute information regarding organ and tissue donation to a pregnant woman when the unborn fetus is diagnosed with a fatal fetal condition which will result in death within three (3) months of birth.  (b) The information shall include:  (1) The telephone number, address, and website information for the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency, Inc.; and  (2) The steps in the process of organ and tissue donation.    (c) The physician shall document in writing that the information has been distributed to the pregnant woman.
AR Code § 20-16-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-201. Establishment — Purpose

 (a) The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System is established and is to be administered within Arkansas Children's Hospital.  (b) The purpose of the system is to collect and analyze data from a number of sources to describe trends in the occurrence of reproductive endpoints, including without limitation congenital anomalies, fetal deaths, stillbirths, and premature births, and to investigate the causes of unexpected reproductive endpoints.
AR Code § 20-16-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-202. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, “commission” means the advisory commission established in § 20-16-203.
AR Code § 20-16-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-203. Advisory commission — Members — Functions

 (a) The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall be administered with the advice of an advisory commission appointed to one-year renewable terms by the Medical Director of the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System.  (b) The functions of the commission are to:  (1) Advise the Medical Director of the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System as to the adequacy of policies, procedures, and performance of the system;  (2) Promote the purposes of the system and assist in identification of appropriate funding sources;  (3) Promote interagency cooperation toward the goals of the system; and  (4) Review mechanisms ensuring the maintenance of the confidentiality of personal data.    (c) The commission shall be composed of the following state agency members, professional members, and public members:  (1) The Medical Director of Arkansas Children's Hospital;  (2) The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;  (3) The Secretary of the Department of Health;  (4) The Director of the National Center for Toxicological Research;  (5) One (1) representative of the Arkansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics;  (6) One (1) representative of the Arkansas Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology;  (7) One (1) representative of the Arkansas Hospital Association, Inc.;  (8) Two (2) consumer representatives;  (9) One (1) member from the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and one (1) member from the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and  (10) Up to six (6) additional members at large may be appointed.    (d) Members of the commission who are not employees of the state may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 20-16-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-205. Medical director — Appointment — Powers and duties

 (a) The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall be administered by a medical director appointed by the Medical Director of Arkansas Children's Hospital from among the professional staff of Arkansas Children's Hospital.  (b) The Medical Director of the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall:  (1) Supervise the work of the system and administer the budget;  (2) Appoint and remove such other employees as may be necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of the system; and  (3) Select and retain the services of consultants whose advice is considered necessary to carry out the system's mandate.
AR Code § 20-16-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-206. Authority to contract for information

 (a) The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System is expressly authorized to contract for the production of any information which the Medical Director of the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System determines to be relevant to monitoring reproductive health.  (b) Information shared under this section includes, but is not limited to, information identified by name or other personal identifier, including information concerning any system by which such data or information is identified or classified if required to decipher the information.
AR Code § 20-16-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-207. Information confidential — Exception

 The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System is expressly exempted and prohibited from supplying any information by individual name or other personal identifier or in a form other than a statistical report or other appropriate form which protects the confidentiality of individuals except to any state agency or department which originally supplied the information to the system unless both the originating agency and the system grant release of this information for a specific purpose.
AR Code § 20-16-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-208. Furnishing of information by hospitals

 All hospitals with patient records containing information pertaining to reproduction and development are required to share information in those records with the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System.
AR Code § 20-16-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-209. Furnishing of information by physician, clinic, etc

 (a) Any physician, clinic, person, or organization may provide information relative to reproductive health to the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System.  (b) No liability of any kind for damages or other relief shall arise or be enforced against any person or organization for having provided the information or for having released or published the findings of the system in order to reduce morbidity or mortality or to advance medical research or medical education.
AR Code § 20-16-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-210. Intergovernmental agreements

 The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall have the power to enter into agreements with other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consistent with the requirements and restrictions of this subchapter in order to obtain relevant information for the system concerning Arkansas residents who receive health-related services outside the state.
AR Code § 20-16-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-211. Funding and implementation

 (a) The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall have the power to receive and expend grants, donations, and funds from public and private sources to carry out its responsibilities under this subchapter.  (b) Arkansas Children's Hospital is not required to implement this system unless sufficient funds are available as determined by the Medical Director of Arkansas Children's Hospital.  (c) The system may be implemented in stages or phases.
AR Code § 20-16-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-212. Reports

 The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall periodically prepare reports of its findings for dissemination to appropriate agencies and interested persons.
AR Code § 20-16-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-213. Rendering of patient care and regulatory activity prohibited

 The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System is expressly prohibited from rendering patient care, promulgating any rule or regulation, or engaging in any regulatory activity.
AR Code § 20-16-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System|§ 20-16-214. No actionable right, presumptions, or findings created

 (a) Persons other than the state or Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System shall not acquire any actionable right by virtue of this subchapter.  (b) A determination by the system that a source is suspected of causing adverse reproductive health outcomes shall not create by reason thereof any presumption of law or finding of a fact which shall inure to, or be for, the benefit of any person other than the state.
AR Code § 20-16-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act|§ 20-16-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Family Planning Act”.
AR Code § 20-16-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act|§ 20-16-302. Legislative declaration

 It is the declaration of the General Assembly that:   (1) Continuing population growth either causes or aggravates many social, economic, and environmental problems, both in this state and in the nation;  (2) Contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information as to and procedures for voluntary sterilization are not sufficiently available as a practical matter to many persons in this state;  (3) It is desirable that inhibitions and restrictions be eliminated so that all persons desiring and needing contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information shall have ready and practicable access thereto through legally recognized channels; and  (4) Section 20-16-304 sets forth the policy and authority of this state, its political subdivisions, and all agencies and institutions thereof, including prohibitions against restrictions, with respect to contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information.
AR Code § 20-16-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act|§ 20-16-303. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Contraceptive procedures” means any medically accepted procedures designed to prevent conception; and  (2) “Contraceptive supplies” means those medically approved items designed to prevent conception through chemical, mechanical, or other means.
AR Code § 20-16-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act|§ 20-16-304. Public policy — Availability of procedures, supplies, and information — Exceptions

 It shall be the policy and authority of this state that:   (1) All medically acceptable contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information shall be available through legally recognized channels to each person desirous of the procedures, supplies, and information regardless of sex, race, age, income, number of children, marital status, citizenship, or motive;  (2) Medical procedures for permanent sterilization, when performed by a physician on a requesting and consenting person eighteen (18) years of age or older, or less than eighteen (18) years of age if legally married, be consistent with public policy;  (3) Dissemination of medically acceptable contraceptive information in this state and in state and county health and welfare departments, in medical facilities, at institutions of higher education, and at other agencies and instrumentalities of this state be consistent with public policy;  (4) Nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a physician, pharmacist, or any other authorized paramedical personnel from refusing to furnish any contraceptive procedures, supplies, or information; and  (5) No private institution or physician, nor any agent or employee of the institution or physician, nor any employee of a public institution acting under directions of a physician, shall be prohibited from refusing to provide contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information when the refusal is based upon religious or conscientious objection. No such institution, employee, agent, or physician shall be held liable for the refusal.
AR Code § 20-16-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Family Planning Act|§ 20-16-305. Liability for surgical sterilization

 Subject to the rules of law applicable generally to negligence, no physician or surgeon licensed by this state shall be liable civilly or criminally by reason of having performed surgical sterilization authorized by the provisions of this subchapter upon any person in this state.
AR Code § 20-16-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-401. Department of Health

 This subchapter shall not be applicable to the Department of Health.
AR Code § 20-16-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-402. Information from state agencies

 (a)  (1) Any bona fide appropriately licensed medical facility, including, but not limited to, a county hospital, participating in recognized research in Arkansas and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expressly authorized to contract for the production of any information relevant to monitoring reproductive health.  (2) Information acquired under this subsection includes, but is not limited to, information identified by name or other personal identifying information including the method by which the information was compiled or tabulated.    (b) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, other participating medical facilities as described in subsection (a) of this section, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressly prohibited from supplying any information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by individual name or other personal identifying information or in a form other than a statistical report or other appropriate form which protects the confidentiality of individuals.  (c) Information obtained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be returned to any state agency or department from which it was originally obtained.
AR Code § 20-16-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-403. Information from neighboring states

 The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall have the power to enter into agreements with neighboring states consistent with the requirements and restrictions of this subchapter in order to obtain relevant information concerning Arkansas residents who receive health-related services outside the state.
AR Code § 20-16-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-404. Information sharing

 All hospitals with pediatric, obstetric, or spontaneous abortion patient records may under this subchapter contract to share information in those records with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, other bona fide licensed medical facilities, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AR Code § 20-16-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-405. Authority of physician to provide information

 Any physician, clinic, person, or organization may under this subchapter contract to provide information relative to reproductive health to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AR Code § 20-16-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health|Subchapter 4 - Reproductive Health Information|§ 20-16-406. No actionable right created

 Persons other than the state, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall not acquire any actionable right by virtue of this subchapter.