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AR Code § 20-32-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-107. License to transport, treat, or dispose

 (a) No person may transport, treat, or dispose of commercial medical waste without first obtaining an operating license from the Department of Health.  (b) The treater or disposer, or transporter shall submit an application for an operating license and an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).  (c) Upon issuance of the operating license, the treater or disposer, or transporter shall pay a license fee of no more than five dollars ($5.00) per ton.  (d) The department shall issue operating licenses for a period of one (1) year.  (e)  (1) If the treater or disposer, or transporter has a history of noncompliance with any law, rule, or regulation of this state or any other jurisdiction, particularly those laws, rules, or regulations pertaining to the environment and the protection of the health and safety of the public, the department may refuse to issue an operating license.  (2) If a history of noncompliance is discovered after the operating license has been issued, the department may revoke the license.
AR Code § 20-32-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-108. Applications — Procedure generally

 (a) This section shall not apply to commercial medical waste incineration facilities which are required to comply with the provisions for obtaining a permit under § 8-6-1301 et seq.  (b) No person shall operate or construct a commercial medical waste facility without submitting an application for a permit or permit modification to the Department of Health. No permit or permit modification shall be issued by the department for any facility unless the department approves both the site of the facility and the technological process to be used by the facility for the treatment and disposal of commercial medical waste.  (c) The department may levy up to one hundred dollars ($100) per hour not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for application processing costs incurred by the department.  (d) Any person applying for a permit or a permit modification to construct and operate a facility shall complete the following criteria at least thirty (30) days before submitting a permit application to the department:  (1) Written notification by certified mail to each property owner and resident of any property adjacent to the proposed site of the intent to apply for a permit or permit modification; and  (2) Publication of a public notice in the largest newspaper published in each county where the property which is the subject matter of the proposed facility permit or permit modification is located and in at least one (1) newspaper of statewide circulation of the intent to apply for a permit or permit modification to construct and operate a facility.    (e) The department shall provide written notice by certified mail of the proposed permit or permit modification to the mayor of the city and the county judge of the county where the property which is the subject matter of the permit application is located.  (f) Before the issuance of a final permit, the department shall conduct a public hearing in the county in which the facility is to be located.
AR Code § 20-32-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-109. Location requirements

 No applications shall be accepted nor shall permits be issued pursuant to § 20-32-108 by the Department of Health for the construction or operation of a facility in which any of the following factors is present:   (1) The location of the facility is within a “regulatory floodway”, as adopted by communities participating in the national flood program managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency;  (2) The location of the facility overlies any portion of a significant surface or subsurface sand and gravel aquifer for its primary recharge zone or a high-yield bedrock aquifer;  (3) The location of the facility could pose a threat to fisheries, wildlife, or other natural resources; or  (4) The location of the facility does not comply with zoning regulations of the locality in which the facility is proposed.
AR Code § 20-32-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-110. Transportation requirements

 (a) No operational licenses shall be issued to any transporter of commercial medical waste unless that transporter shows evidence that:  (1) Each vehicle used for the transportation of commercial medical waste is covered by liability insurance in an amount specified by the Department of Health; and  (2) The liability insurance is issued by a company authorized to do business in this state by the State Insurance Department.    (b) Companies providing liability insurance for any transporter of commercial medical waste shall notify the Department of Health of the cancellation of any policy providing liability coverage to a transporter at least thirty (30) days before cancellation.
AR Code § 20-32-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-111. Scope of authority

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of cities and counties to enact zoning regulations or procedures that control the location of medical waste facilities or sites.
AR Code § 20-32-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 32 - Disposal of Commercial Medical Waste|§ 20-32-112. Violations — Penalties

 (a) Any person or carrier, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, while operating any vehicle transporting medical waste or which is authorized to transport medical waste, who shall violate any of the rules, including safety rules, prescribed or hereafter prescribed by the State Highway Commission pursuant to § 23-1-101 et seq. or who shall violate any rule of the Department of Health that specifically relates to the transportation of medical waste shall be guilty of a violation.  (b) Upon conviction, that person or carrier, or officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense and not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any subsequent offense.
AR Code § 20-34-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 34 - Independent Inspections of Modular Building for Code Compliance|§ 20-34-101. Inspections — Reports — Costs

 (a)  (1) A manufacturer of modular or factory-built structures, other than manufactured housing that is governed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, certified to do business in the State of Arkansas may contract with an independent third-party compliance assurance or inspection agency that is listed with the International Accreditation Service, Inc., for the inspection of modular or factory-built buildings destined for delivery within the state for compliance with the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code and applicable state and municipal electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes.  (2) If a manufacturer of modular or factory-built buildings contracts with an independent third-party inspector to monitor compliance with the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code and applicable state and municipal electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes relating to the construction of new buildings, no further inspection by state or local building officials may be required for that part of the structure built in the factory.    (b) A copy of the third-party inspector's inspection report shall accompany the building to the construction site for review.  (c) The cost of the independent third-party inspection shall be borne by the modular building manufacturer.
AR Code § 20-35-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 35 - Genetic Research Studies Nondisclosure Act|§ 20-35-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Genetic Research Studies Nondisclosure Act”.
AR Code § 20-35-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 35 - Genetic Research Studies Nondisclosure Act|§ 20-35-102. Definition

 As used in this chapter, “genetic research study or studies” means those genetic research studies approved by an institutional review board as defined in 21 C.F.R., Part 50, as it existed on January 1, 2001, or conducted subject to the requirements of the federal common rule at 21 C.F.R., Part 50 and Part 56, and 45 C.F.R., Part 46, as it existed on January 1, 2001.
AR Code § 20-35-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 35 - Genetic Research Studies Nondisclosure Act|§ 20-35-103. Nondisclosure

 (a) No research records of individual subjects in genetic research studies shall be:  (1) Subject to subpoena or discovery in civil suits, except in cases in which the information in the records is the basis of the suit; or  (2) Disclosed to employers or health insurers without the informed, written consent of the individual.    (b)  (1) All stored tissues, including blood, that arise from surgery, other diagnostic or therapeutic steps, or autopsy may be disclosed for genetic or other research studies, if:  (A) The patient's name or Social Security number is not attached to or included with the specimen; or  (B) The patient's name or Social Security number is attached to or included with the specimen and the patient has given informed written consent to the disclosure.    (2) Informed written consent shall not be included in a section of the consent for treatment, admission to a hospital or clinic, or permission for an autopsy.    (c)  (1) It shall be permissible to publish or otherwise use the results of genetic research studies for research or educational purposes if no individual subject is identified.  (2) If specific informed consent from the individual has been obtained in writing, the individual may be identified.
AR Code § 20-36-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Biological Agent Registry Act|§ 20-36-101. Purpose

 (a) The Department of Health shall establish and administer a program for the registration of biological agents.  (b) The biological agent registry shall identify the biological agents possessed and maintained by any person in this state and shall contain other information required under rules adopted by the department.
AR Code § 20-36-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Biological Agent Registry Act|§ 20-36-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Biological agent” means:  (A) Any select agent that is a microorganism, virus, bacterium, fungus, rickettsia, or toxin listed in 42 C.F.R., Part 72, Appendix A, as in effect on January 1, 2003;  (B) Any genetically modified microorganisms or genetic elements from an organism within 42 C.F.R., Part 72, Appendix A, as in effect on January 1, 2003, shown to produce or encode for a factor associated with a disease; or  (C) Any genetically modified microorganisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins listed within 42 C.F.R., Part 72, Appendix A, as in effect on January 1, 2003, or their toxic submits; and    (2) “Person” means any association, business, corporation, facility, firm, individual, institution of higher education, organization, partnership, society, state agency, or other legal entity.
AR Code § 20-36-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Biological Agent Registry Act|§ 20-36-103. Duties

 (a)  (1) The Department of Health shall adopt rules for the implementation of the biological agent registry program as follows:  (A) Determining and listing the biological agents required to be reported under this section;  (B) Designating persons required to make reports and specific information required to be reported, including time limits for reporting, form of reports, and to whom reports shall be submitted;  (C) Providing for the release of information in the registry to state and federal law enforcement agencies and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under a communicable disease investigation commenced or conducted by the department or other state or federal law enforcement agencies having investigatory authority, or in connection with any investigation involving release, theft, or loss of biological agents;  (D) Establishing a system of safeguards that requires persons possessing and maintaining biological agents subject to this section to comply with the same federal standards that apply to persons registered to possess the same agents under federal law; and  (E) Establishing a process for persons that possess and maintain biological agents to alert appropriate authorities of unauthorized possession or attempted possession of biological agents.    (2) The rules shall designate appropriate authorities for receipt of alerts from these persons.    (b) Any person that possesses and maintains any biological agent required to be reported under this section shall report to the department the information required for inclusion in the biological agent registry.  (c)  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, information prepared for or maintained in the registry under this section shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.  (2) The department may release information contained in the registry for the purpose of conducting or aiding in a communicable disease investigation.  (3) The department shall cooperate with and may share information contained in the registry with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and federal law enforcement agencies in any investigation involving the release, theft, or loss of a biological agent required to be reported under this section.  (4) Release of information from the registry as authorized under this subsection shall not render the information released a public record under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.  (5) Release of information from the registry as authorized under this subsection also shall not render the information prepared for or maintained in the registry a public record under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
AR Code § 20-36-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Biological Agent Registry Act|§ 20-36-104. Penalty

 (a)  (1) The Department of Health shall impose a civil penalty for a willful or knowing violation of this section in the amount of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (2) Each day of a continuing violation shall be a separate offense.    (b) Any person wishing to contest a penalty shall be entitled to an administrative hearing in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 20-36-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 36 - Arkansas Biological Agent Registry Act|§ 20-36-105. Funding

 (a) In order for the Department of Health to fully perform the duties outlined in § 20-36-103, the department shall diligently pursue funding for bioterrorism and for the biological agent registry.  (b) The department's administration of this registry program is subject to adequate and available funding in which to fully meet the requirements of this chapter.
AR Code § 20-38-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-102. Criminal history records checks — Operators

 (a)  (1)  (A) When an operator applies for a license, exemption from licensure, certificate, or other operating authority for a service provider from its licensing or certifying agency, the operator shall submit a criminal history records check form and a complete set of fingerprints to the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police and request a state criminal history records check and a national criminal history records check on the operator.  (B) The operator shall attach evidence of the request for a criminal history records check to the application for the service provider's license, exemption from licensure, certificate, or other operating authority.    (2)  (A) The bureau shall conduct a state criminal records history check and request a national criminal history records check on the operator.  (B) Upon completion of each criminal history records check, the bureau shall issue a report to the licensing or certifying agency.  (C) The licensing or certifying agency shall share the information obtained from the criminal history records check and the national criminal history records check only with employees of the Department of Human Services who have an official business reason to see the information.    (3) Based on the criminal history records checks, the licensing or certifying agency shall determine whether the operator is or is not disqualified from licensure, exemption from licensure, certification, or other operating authority.  (4) The licensing or certifying agency shall forward its determination to the operator and the service provider seeking licensure, exemption from licensure, certification, or other operating authority.    (b) Operators are required to undergo periodic criminal history records checks no less than one (1) time every five (5) years.
AR Code § 20-38-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-104. Request for criminal history records checks — Requirement

 (a) A request for a state criminal history records check on a person shall include a completed statement that:  (1) Contains the name, address, and date of birth appearing on a valid identification document issued by a government entity to the person who is the subject of the state criminal history records check;  (2) Indicates whether the person has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a crime and, if so, includes a description of the crime and the particulars of the finding of guilt or the plea;  (3) Notifies the person that a service provider may conduct national criminal history records checks, state criminal history records checks, and registry records checks on the person;  (4) Provides the consent of the person who is the subject of the state criminal history records check to disclosure of checks, reports, and determinations under this subchapter;  (5) Informs the person how to object to the content of reports; and  (6) Contains the notarized signature of the person who is the subject of the state criminal history records check.    (b)  (1) A request for a national criminal history records check on a person shall conform to applicable federal standards and shall include a complete set of fingerprints.  (2) The Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police may maintain fingerprints submitted for a national criminal history records check in an automated fingerprint identification system.
AR Code § 20-38-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-106. Evidence of criminal history records checks

 (a) A service provider shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police, or the licensing or certifying agency evidence that criminal history records checks have been completed on all operators, applicants for employment, and employees of the service provider and evidence that all operators, applicants for employment, and employees of the service provider have been approved or disqualified in accordance with the rules of the appropriate licensing or certifying agency.  (b) If a service provider employs an applicant or continues the employment of an employee who satisfied the criteria for a waiver under § 20-38-105(d)(3), the service provider shall maintain documentation that the person met the criteria for the waiver, including the written acknowledgment by the licensing or certifying authority.
AR Code § 20-38-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-107. Remedies for failure to comply

 The licensing or certifying agency shall establish remedies for failure to comply with this subchapter to be imposed on a service provider licensed, exempted from licensure, certified, or otherwise authorized to operate by its licensing or certifying agency.
AR Code § 20-38-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-108. Duties of Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police

 (a) The Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall make reasonable efforts to respond immediately to requests for state criminal history records checks and to respond to requests for national criminal history records checks within ten (10) calendar days after the receipt of a national criminal history records check from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (b) Upon completion of a criminal history records check, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall forward all information obtained concerning the applicant or employee to the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
AR Code § 20-38-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-109. Regulations

 The Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police, and the licensing or certifying agency shall cooperate to prepare forms and promulgate consistent rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-38-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-110. Confidentiality

 (a) All reports obtained under this subchapter are confidential and are restricted to the exclusive use of the Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police, and the licensing or certifying agency.  (b) The information contained in reports shall not be released or otherwise disclosed to any other person or agency except by court order and is specifically exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., except to the licensing or certifying agency.
AR Code § 20-38-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks|§ 20-38-111. Immunity

 The Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police, the licensing or certifying agency, and the service provider are immune from suit or liability for damages for acts or omissions other than malicious acts or omissions occurring in the performance of duties imposed by this subchapter.