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AR Code § 12-83-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 83 - Emergency Volunteer Reserve Act of 1985|§ 12-83-102. Policy and purpose

 Because the potential for a natural, technological, or national emergency-related disaster of catastrophic proportions and devastating impact requires extensive use of highly trained and skilled personnel experienced in disaster response and recovery actions, and whereas such needs and requirements may exceed the normal forces available to the State of Arkansas to prevent death and injury to its citizens and extensive loss of property, it is found and declared necessary:   (1) To establish within the Division of Emergency Management an Emergency Volunteer Reserve Cadre of persons trained and experienced in certain functions related to disaster response and recovery operations;  (2) To provide authority to the Director of the Division of Emergency Management to call the emergency volunteer reserve personnel into active service upon declaration of a state of disaster emergency by the Governor or the President of the United States or when, in the opinion of the director, a pending natural, technological, or national emergency may require the immediate services of the personnel;  (3) To provide the authority to the director to reimburse members of the cadre, when called to active duty, for out-of-pocket expenses for lodging, food, and travel at the current rate and under the provisions for reimbursement applicable to state employees of like grade and responsibility during the period of active service to the state; and  (4) To provide to the cadre the same privileges and immunities as are applicable to state employees when performing their duties on behalf of the state.
AR Code § 12-83-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 83 - Emergency Volunteer Reserve Act of 1985|§ 12-83-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Director” means the Director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, including any acting director, when such position is authorized by the Governor, and those persons officially authorized to act for the director in his or her absence or incapacitation; and  (2) “Emergency Volunteer Reserve Cadre” means persons recruited as volunteers to serve in time of emergency and to supplement the regular employees of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management in disaster response and recovery operations.
AR Code § 12-83-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 83 - Emergency Volunteer Reserve Act of 1985|§ 12-83-104. Recruitment — Service — Deployment — Discharge

 (a)  (1) The Division of Emergency Management shall establish a system to recruit personnel with special skills or experience related to emergency response and recovery operations and provide initial familiarization training and periodic proficiency training as necessary for members of the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Cadre to ensure their readiness for immediate deployment for response and recovery activities.  (2) The personnel shall be enrolled as emergency responder volunteers in accordance with § 12-75-129, and shall be eligible for immunities and exemptions in accordance with § 12-75-128 and workers' compensation benefits in accordance with § 12-75-129.    (b) The division shall establish an administrative management system to recruit and maintain qualified personnel and establish a fiscal management system to ensure prompt and reasonable reimbursement of authorized expenses.  (c) Persons recruited for the cadre may provide, but are not limited to providing, services in disaster application centers, disaster field offices, disaster survey teams, and fixed or mobile emergency operating centers and communications facilities, and may utilize other specific skills for which they may qualify or be trained to assume.  (d) Members are subject to deployment within the State of Arkansas and may, upon invocation of mutual aid agreements with other states, accompany state employees at host state or federal expense on out-of-state services.  (e) When called into active service by the Director of the Division of Emergency Management, members of the cadre shall be under the operational and administrative management of the division and such employees of that office who may be designated to supervise their duties.  (f)  (1) The director shall have the authority to immediately relieve members of the cadre for actual misconduct, perceived incompetence, or inability to perform their assigned duties.  (2) When relieved by authority other than the director's, members shall have the right of appeal to the director for reinstatement.
AR Code § 12-83-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 83 - Emergency Volunteer Reserve Act of 1985|§ 12-83-105. Reimbursement

 (a)  (1) Any persons seeking enrollment into the Emergency Volunteer Reserve Cadre shall be notified that no salary, retainer, emoluments, or other monetary reimbursement shall be made for their services, except reimbursement for food, lodging, and travel utilizing a privately owned vehicle when so authorized by the Director of the Division of Emergency Management.  (2) Reimbursement shall be made in accordance with current state travel rules and at the prescribed rates in effect at the time of their services.    (b) However, this shall not disqualify any persons from future employment as emergency hires or full-time employees when hired through the prescribed state employment procedures applicable to the positions they are seeking.
AR Code § 12-84-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-101. Title

 This chapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act”.
AR Code § 12-84-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-102. Applicability

 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as regulatory authority over acts, laws, rules, regulations, or guidelines of other state or federal agencies related to their designated responsibilities and duties as regulatory authorities over concerns of environmental, health, law enforcement, firefighting, medical, or other areas of responsibility.  (b) The provisions of this chapter are intended to be supplemental to current provisions of Arkansas law, and shall not be construed as repealing or superseding any other laws applicable thereto.
AR Code § 12-84-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Emergency management” means those activities related to disaster and emergency planning, mitigation, training, response, and recovery as prescribed in the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, § 12-75-101 et seq.;  (2) “Hazardous and toxic materials” or “HAZMAT” means those extremely hazardous substances described under 42 U.S.C. § 11023, and such other hazardous or toxic substances as may later be designated by federal regulatory agencies;  (3) “Local emergency planning committee” means those local entities authorized under the provisions of the Arkansas SERC/LEPC Act, § 12-82-101 et seq., and in accordance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.;  (4) “State Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission” means that entity created under the provisions of the Arkansas SERC/LEPC Act, § 12-82-101 et seq., and in accordance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; and  (5) “Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Title III” refers to the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq. and activities mandated therein.
AR Code § 12-84-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-104. State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management

 (a) There is created by this chapter a State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management within and under the administrative and operational control of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.  (b) The office shall perform the necessary actions and activities as required under current federal and state laws, rules, and regulations related to emergency planning, training, response, and recovery and, as specified in the Arkansas Emergency Services Act of 1973, § 12-75-101 et seq., relating to accidental, deliberate, or act-of-God releases of hazardous or toxic materials which might threaten the public health, safety, welfare, environment, or property of the citizens of Arkansas.
AR Code § 12-84-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-106. Fees

 (a)  (1) Each facility required to report to the State Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Commission under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §§ 11022 and 11023, shall pay the following annual fees to the State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management:  (A) For each facility required to file one (1) or more hazardous chemical inventory reports under 42 U.S.C. § 11022, an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), and an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each report filed annually, with a maximum limit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually for each reporting facility; and  (B) For each facility required to file one (1) or more toxic chemical release forms under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 11023, an annual fee of three hundred dollars ($300) and an additional fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each report, with a maximum limit of one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually for each reporting facility.    (2) Any business or other outlet which sells gasoline, diesel, and other motor fuel only at retail to the public shall be exempt from paying the fees outlined in this subsection.    (b) The commission shall periodically assess the adequacy of the fees established in this section, and may, through the public hearing process, modify the fees imposed for each individual report, not to exceed the stated maximum limit for each reporting facility as indicated in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) Reports under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §§ 11022 and 11023 shall be submitted to the office in accordance with, and within the specified time frames of the the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq., and shall include a company check issued by the facility or its parent corporation for the appropriate amount of each submission, as specified in this section, and the check shall be made payable to the office.  (d) Any facility or person failing to provide the reports and pay the fees, as specified in this section, shall be liable for civil penalties in such amount as the office shall find appropriate, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation, and for payment of any expenses reasonably incurred by the state therefrom.
AR Code § 12-84-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 84 - Arkansas HAZMAT Emergency Management Act|§ 12-84-107. Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Revolving Fund

 (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special revenue fund account to be known as the “Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Revolving Fund”.  (b) All moneys collected under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of that fund as special revenues and shall be used by the State Office of Hazardous Materials Emergency Management to operate the office and enforce this chapter.
AR Code § 12-85-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 85 - Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act|§ 12-85-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Certified disaster service volunteer” means a person who has completed the necessary training for being and has been certified as a disaster service technician, specialist, coordinator, or officer by the American Red Cross;  (2) “Disaster” means a natural or technological event as defined in § 12-75-103(2) in which victims cannot recover without assistance when such disaster is designated at Level II or above in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures;  (3) “Specialized disaster relief” means one (1) or more of the following American Red Cross service categories in which a certified disaster service volunteer is trained:  (A) Shelter management;  (B) Mass feeding;  (C) Family services;  (D) Health services;  (E) Public assistance inquiries;  (F) Damage assessment;  (G) A support function for services provided under subdivisions (3)(A)-(F) of this section; and  (H) Any other service performed for the American Red Cross for which training is required; and    (4)  (A) “State agency” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, council, department, office, or officer of the state receiving an appropriation by the General Assembly.  (B) The term does not include state-supported institutions of higher learning or any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 12-85-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 85 - Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act|§ 12-85-102. Terms of leave

 (a) An employee of a state agency or an employee of a state-supported institution of higher learning may be granted leave from work with pay for not more than fifteen (15) working days in any calendar year to participate in specialized disaster relief, without loss of seniority, pay, annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time, offset time, or overtime wages if the employee:  (1) Is trained and certified as a disaster service volunteer by the American Red Cross;  (2) Has specialized disaster relief services that are requested by the American Red Cross in connection with a disaster; and  (3) Obtains consent from the chief executive officer of his or her state agency or state-supported institution of higher learning.    (b) The state agency or state-supported institution of higher learning shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.  (c) Leave under this subchapter shall be granted only for disaster relief services occurring within the State of Arkansas or for disaster relief services occurring within states contiguous to the State of Arkansas.  (d) An employee deemed to be on leave under this chapter shall not be deemed to be an employee of the state or of a state-supported institution of higher learning for purposes of workers' compensation.
AR Code § 12-85-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 85 - Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act|§ 12-85-103. Limitation on certified volunteers — Lists, reports, guidelines, etc

 (a)  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 12-85-102, the number of state employees and employees of state-supported institutions of higher learning certified as disaster service volunteers shall not exceed one hundred (100) participants at any one (1) time.  (2) A list of such employees shall be maintained by the American Red Cross, with pertinent information provided to the state employer or state-supported institution of higher learning of each disaster service volunteer.    (b) Within sixty (60) days of any request made by the American Red Cross, a report shall be prepared by the American Red Cross and submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration stating the reasons and needs for any request made.  (c) The American Red Cross and the respective agencies with employees participating in the disaster service volunteer program shall promulgate necessary guidelines and directives to implement this chapter.
AR Code § 12-87-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-101. Title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act”.
AR Code § 12-87-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-103. Applicability to volunteer health practitioners

 This chapter applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with § 12-87-105 and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
AR Code § 12-87-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-104. Regulation of services during emergency

 (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Department of Health may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate:  (1) the duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners;  (2) the geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice;  (3) the types of volunteer health practitioners who may practice; and  (4) any other matters necessary to coordinate effectively the provision of health or veterinary services during the emergency.    (b) An order issued pursuant to subsection (a) may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (c) A host entity that uses volunteer health practitioners to provide health or veterinary services in this state shall:  (1) consult and coordinate its activities with the Department of Health to the extent practicable to provide for the efficient and effective use of volunteer health practitioners; and  (2) comply with any laws other than this chapter relating to the management of emergency health or veterinary services, including the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund Act, § 20-13-101 et seq.
AR Code § 12-87-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-105. Volunteer health practitioner registration systems

 (a) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:  (1) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;  (2) include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;  (3) be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this chapter; and  (4)  (A) be designated by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management as a registration system for purposes of this chapter.  (B) The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management may consider and may approve a request for the designation of a registration system submitted by a disaster relief organization, licensing board, national or regional association of licensing boards or healthcare practitioners, health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, or host entity, and may on its own initiative approve registration systems established by this state or other states funded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Section 3197 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. § 247d, or by medical reserve corps units formed under Section 2801 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300hh.      (b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, a person authorized to act on behalf of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, or a host entity, may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a). Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.  (c) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (b), or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.  (d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
AR Code § 12-87-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-106. Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states

 (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with § 12-87-105 and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner's registration is based, may practice in this state to the extent authorized by this chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in this state.  (b) A volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection (a) is not entitled to the protections of this chapter if the practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges, or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
AR Code § 12-87-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 5 - Emergency Management|Chapter 87 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act|§ 12-87-107. No effect on credentialing and privileging

 (a) In this section:  (1) “Credentialing” means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.  (2) “Privileging” means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.    (b) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.