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AR Code § 20-13-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-808. Terms — Vacancies — Meetings — Rules

 (a) All voting members of the Trauma Advisory Council shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.  (b)  (1) If a vacancy occurs in an appointed position for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointment under § 20-13-807.  (2) The new appointee shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.    (c) A member of the council shall be removed for conviction of a felony, for not attending fifty percent (50%) of the meetings in a calendar year, or if the member no longer meets the qualifications for his or her initial appointment.  (d)  (1) The members of the council shall elect from their membership a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by those officers or duties specifically designated by the council.  (2) All officers shall serve for a period of two (2) years and until their successors are elected.    (e)  (1) A majority of the voting members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business.  (2) Except for actions taken pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, all actions of the council shall be made by a majority of all voting members.    (f) The council shall meet at least four (4) times a year but may meet more frequently upon the call of the Chair of the Trauma Advisory Council or at the request, stated in writing, of a majority of the members of the council.  (g)  (1) To assist in the expeditious conduct of its business when the full council is not meeting, the council may elect an executive committee.  (2) The chair, the Vice Chair of the Trauma Advisory Council, and the Secretary of the Trauma Advisory Council shall be members of the executive committee.  (3) The executive committee shall be constituted and shall function as provided in the bylaws of the council.    (h) The council shall establish its own rules of procedure.
AR Code § 20-13-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-809. Grants for emergency medical system care providers or ambulance providers

 An emergency medical system care provider or ambulance provider may be eligible for:   (1) The emergency medical system care provider education start-up grants that are used to support trauma education and trauma readiness; or  (2) The emergency medical system care provider sustaining grants that are used to support ongoing trauma education and trauma readiness.
AR Code § 20-13-810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-810. Grants for Level I trauma centers

 (a)  (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level I trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level I trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level I trauma center and for trauma readiness costs associated with the care of trauma patients.  (2) This grant may be awarded to entities that:  (A) Meet the preliminary criteria for Level I trauma center status as determined by the Department of Health; and  (B) Demonstrate the capability of fully achieving Level I trauma center status within eighteen (18) months.      (b)  (1) An established Level I trauma center may be eligible for a sustaining grant if the Level I trauma center:  (A) Has achieved Level I trauma center status and is currently at Level I status; and  (B) Demonstrates continued capability to maintain Level I trauma center status.    (2) This grant may be an annual grant and may have an annual renewal process for Level I trauma centers that meet the criteria under this subsection.
AR Code § 20-13-811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-811. Grants for Level II trauma centers

 (a)  (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level II trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level II trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level II trauma center and for trauma readiness costs associated with the care of trauma patients.  (2) This grant may be awarded to entities that:  (A) Meet the preliminary criteria for Level II trauma center status as determined by the Department of Health; and  (B) Demonstrate the capability of fully achieving Level II trauma center status within twelve (12) months.      (b)  (1) An established Level II trauma center may be eligible for a sustaining grant if the Level II trauma center:  (A) Has achieved Level II trauma center status and is currently at Level II status; and  (B) Demonstrates continued capability to maintain Level II trauma center status.    (2) This grant may be an annual grant and may have an annual renewal process for Level II trauma centers that meet the criteria under this subsection.
AR Code § 20-13-812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-812. Grants for Level III trauma centers

 (a)  (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level III trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level III trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level III trauma center and for trauma readiness costs associated with the care of trauma patients.  (2) This grant may be awarded to entities that:  (A) Meet the preliminary criteria for Level III trauma center status as determined by the Department of Health; and  (B) Demonstrate the capability of fully achieving Level III trauma center status within twelve (12) months.      (b)  (1) An established Level III trauma center may be eligible for a sustaining grant if the Level III trauma center:  (A) Has achieved Level III trauma center status and is currently at Level III status; and  (B) Demonstrates continued capability to maintain Level III trauma center status.    (2) This grant may be an annual grant and may have an annual renewal process for Level III trauma centers that meet the criteria under this subsection.
AR Code § 20-13-813 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-813. Grants for Level IV trauma centers

 (a)  (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a Level IV trauma center under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for the Level IV trauma center start-up grant that is used to qualify for the status of a Level IV trauma center and for trauma readiness costs associated with the care of trauma patients.  (2) This grant may be awarded to entities that:  (A) Meet the preliminary criteria for Level IV trauma center status as determined by the Department of Health; and  (B) Demonstrate the capability of fully achieving Level IV trauma center status within twelve (12) months.      (b)  (1) An established Level IV trauma center may be eligible for a sustaining grant if the Level IV trauma center:  (A) Has achieved Level IV trauma center status and is currently at Level IV status; and  (B) Demonstrates continued capability to maintain Level IV trauma center status.    (2) This grant may be an annual grant and may have an annual renewal process for Level IV trauma centers that meet the criteria under this subsection.
AR Code § 20-13-814 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-814. Grants for rehabilitation services

 Grants may be awarded to providers, entities, or organizations with special competence in trauma rehabilitation services that provide rehabilitation services under this subchapter to trauma patients.
AR Code § 20-13-815 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-815. Contracts with quality improvement organizations

 (a) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a quality improvement organization under the rules of the State Board of Health may contract with the Department of Health to develop, promulgate, and measure trauma quality measures for entities providing care for the trauma system under this subchapter.  (b) This contract may be awarded to entities that:  (1) Meet the preliminary criteria for a quality improvement organization as determined by the Department of Health; and  (2) Demonstrate the capability of providing to the trauma system, trauma centers, and other trauma care providers:  (A) The development of quality measures;  (B) The implementation of educational programs to trauma care providers related to quality measures and to improve the quality of care; and  (C) The gathering of data that can be used to measure the quality of care, outcomes, and utilization of resources.
AR Code § 20-13-816 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-816. Grants for trauma regional advisory councils

 (a)  (1) An entity that meets the preliminary criteria for a trauma regional advisory council under the rules of the State Board of Health may be eligible for recognition as a trauma regional advisory council.  (2) The Department of Health may establish a grant or provide technical assistance to entities that:  (A) Meet the preliminary criteria for a trauma regional advisory council as determined by the Department of Health; and  (B) Demonstrate the capability of satisfactorily developing, overseeing, and administering the trauma system plan for its region.      (b)  (1) An established trauma regional advisory council may be eligible for a sustaining grant if the trauma regional advisory council:  (A) Has achieved the status as the trauma regional advisory council for its region of the trauma system and is currently providing trauma planning and quality improvement services to its region of the trauma system; and  (B) Demonstrates continued capability to maintain its status as a trauma regional advisory council based on its performance in planning and overseeing the plan for its region of the trauma system.    (2) This grant may be an annual grant and have an annual renewal process for a trauma regional advisory council that meets the criteria under this subsection.
AR Code § 20-13-817 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-817. Command and communication networks

 (a) The Department of Health shall ensure operation of a call center to facilitate communication and coordination of available resources.  (b) The call center shall direct patient transport of critical trauma patients to hospitals with the appropriate capability to provide optimum patient care.  (c) The department may contract with entities to provide command and communication networks.
AR Code § 20-13-818 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-818. Injury prevention programs

 The Department of Health shall allocate funds to develop and promote injury prevention programs including the development of the capacity to track and describe the epidemiologic and health statistics of injury deaths and disabilities in Arkansas.
AR Code § 20-13-819 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-819. Quality or system assessment and improvement — Definition

 (a)  (1) Any data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Health, the Trauma Advisory Council, or other entity authorized under this subchapter for the purpose of quality or system assessment and improvement of the trauma system shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., to the extent that it identifies or could be used to identify any individual patient, provider, institution, or health plan.  (2) For purposes of this section, “data, records, reports, and documents” means recordings of interviews and all oral or written proceedings, reports, statements, minutes, memoranda, data, and other documentation collected or compiled for the purposes of trauma system quality review or trauma system assessment and improvement pursuant to a requirement of or request by the department, the council, or other entity authorized by this subchapter.    (b)  (1) Any data, records, reports, and documents collected or compiled by or on behalf of the department, the council, or other entity authorized under this subchapter for the purpose of quality or system assessment and improvement shall not be admissible in any legal proceeding and shall be exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that records of and testimony before committees evaluating the quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(1).  (2) A healthcare provider's use of the information in its internal operations shall not operate as a waiver of these protections.    (c) All information shall be treated in a manner that is consistent with all state and federal privacy requirements, including without limitation the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 privacy rule, 45 C.F.R. § 164.512(i).  (d) The department or other entity authorized to provide services for the trauma system may use any data, records, reports, or documents generated or acquired in its internal operations without waiving any protections under this section.
AR Code § 20-13-820 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-820. Reports to the General Assembly

 The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide a report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before April 1 and October 1 of each year through 2011. After 2011, the secretary shall provide an annual report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before October 1.
AR Code § 20-13-821 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 8 - Trauma System Act|§ 20-13-821. Rules

 The State Board of Health shall promulgate the rules necessary to implement and administer this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-13-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-902. Immunities

 (a) The following are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct upon discovery of Do Not Resuscitate Identification upon a person:  (1) A physician who causes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;  (2) A person who participates in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures under the direction or with the authorization of a physician;  (3) Emergency medical services personnel who cause or participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;  (4) A healthcare facility in which withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person occurs; and  (5) Physicians, persons under the direction or authorization of a physician, emergency medical services personnel, or healthcare facilities that provide life-sustaining procedures pursuant to an oral or written request communicated to them by a person who possesses Do Not Resuscitate Identification.    (b) The provisions of subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) of this section apply when a life-sustaining procedure is withheld or withdrawn in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol.  (c) Emergency medical services personnel who follow a Do Not Resuscitate Order from a licensed physician are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct.
AR Code § 20-13-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-903. Authorization to follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the prehospital setting

 (a) Qualified emergency medical services personnel may follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders pertaining to adult patients in the prehospital setting in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, if the order available to the personnel is in a format approved by the Department of Health.  (b) This section shall not authorize emergency medical personnel to follow an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order for any patient who is able to and does express to the personnel the desire to be resuscitated before cardiac or respiratory arrest.
AR Code § 20-13-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-904. Adherence to Do Not Resuscitate Protocol — Transfer of patients

 (a) Emergency medical services personnel other than physicians shall comply with the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol when presented with either Do Not Resuscitate Identification approved by the Department of Health, an oral Do Not Resuscitate Order issued directly by a physician, or a written Do Not Resuscitate Order entered on a form prescribed by the department.  (b) An attending physician or a healthcare facility that receives a patient from emergency medical services with a valid Do Not Resuscitate Identification which the patient or his or her healthcare proxy does not remand by written or oral statement and that is unwilling or unable to comply with a Do Not Resuscitate Order shall take all reasonable steps to transfer that person possessing Do Not Resuscitate Identification to another physician or to a healthcare facility in which the Do Not Resuscitate Order will be followed.
AR Code § 20-13-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-905. Patient's decision — Effect on insurance

 (a) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of emergency life-sustaining procedures pursuant to the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol and in accordance with this subchapter is not for any purpose a suicide or homicide.  (b) The possession of Do Not Resuscitate Identification pursuant to this subchapter does not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance nor does it modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. A policy of life insurance is not legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of emergency life-sustaining procedures from an insured person possessing Do Not Resuscitate Identification, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.  (c) A physician, healthcare facility, or other healthcare provider and a healthcare service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital plan may not require a person to possess Do Not Resuscitate Identification as a condition for being insured for or receiving healthcare services.  (d) This subchapter does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who does not possess Do Not Resuscitate Identification with respect to the use, withholding, or withdrawal of emergency life-sustaining procedures.  (e) This subchapter does not increase or decrease the right of a patient to make decisions regarding the use of emergency life-sustaining procedures if the patient is able to do so nor does this subchapter impair or supersede any right or responsibility that a person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care in any lawful manner. In that respect, the provisions of this subchapter are cumulative.  (f) This subchapter does not authorize or approve mercy killing.
AR Code § 20-13-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-906. Rulemaking authority

 (a) Upon the adoption of an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol by the State Board of Health, the Department of Health may adopt a standard form of Do Not Resuscitate Identification to be used statewide.  (b) The department shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-13-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-907. Reciprocity

 (a) An advance directive executed in another state shall be deemed to be validly executed for the purposes of this subchapter if executed in compliance with the laws of the State of Arkansas or the laws of the state where executed.  (b) Such advance directives shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 20-13-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act|§ 20-13-908. Penalties

 (a) A physician who willfully fails to transfer a patient in accordance with § 20-13-904 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b) A person who purposely conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the Do Not Resuscitate Identification of another without the consent of the possessor or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the Do Not Resuscitate Identification of another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (c) A person who falsifies or forges the Do Not Resuscitate Identification of another or purposely conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of Do Not Resuscitate Identification with the intent to cause the use, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures is guilty of a Class D felony.
AR Code § 20-13-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter 10 - Ambulance Services|§ 20-13-1001. License required

 (a) No person shall furnish, operate, maintain, conduct, advertise, or in any way engage in or profess to engage in the business of providing emergency transport of patients upon the streets and highways of Arkansas unless that person holds a valid ambulance service license or provisional ambulance service license issued by the Department of Health.  (b) This section shall not operate to alter the application of the “Good Samaritan Law”, § 17-95-101.