{"id":"DUT-AR-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)","authority":"Police power of the State; Act 96 of 1913 (Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 et seq.)","instrument":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseases","title":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of quarantine rules and enforcement and of all sanitary and quarantine measures; Governor\u0027s order to the Board in an epidemic)","dateIssued":"2021-03-19","effective":"standing; text of subsecs. (a)-(b) unchanged from 2019 through 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-03-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally (through the Board\u0027s measures); the Board and the Governor"],"clause":"The board shall also have direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases within the state and direction and control to suppress them and prevent their spread.","enforcement":"Violation of the Board\u0027s orders or rules is a misdemeanor under 20-7-101 (Ex. DUT-AR-003)","functions":[],"notes":"Vests the State Board of Health (acting through the Secretary of Health) with direction and control of all quarantine rules and enforcement and of all sanitary and quarantine measures for communicable diseases, and directs the Governor, when an epidemic threatens, to order the Board to take such action as the public safety demands; it is the statutory source of every ADH directive\u0027s recital of \u0027sole authority over all instances of quarantine, isolation, and restrictions on commerce and travel\u0027. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-7-110/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254456,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-AR","url":"/library/DUT-AR-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AR-001","citation":"General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseases (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-001)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-032","AR-001","DUT-AR-003"]}