§ 21-5-701 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Child" or "children" means any natural child, adopted child, or stepchild who is eligible under § 21-5-707 ; (2) "Coroner" means a coroner or a deputy coroner who is engaged in official duty at a crime scene or death location; (3) "Covered public employee" means a police officer, firefighter, state highway employee, state correction employee, Division of Community Correction employee, jailer, qualified emergency services worker, wildlife enforcement officer or game warden, emergency medical technician, Arkansas Forestry Commission employee, commissioned law enforcement personnel, member of the Arkansas National Guard on state active duty, or emergency response personnel of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism; (4) "Division of Community Correction employee" means any employee of the Division of Community Correction who is subject to injury through contact with parolees, probationers, or center residents; (5) "Emergency medical technician" means emergency medical services personnel as defined in § 20-13-202 ; (6) "Firefighter" means any member of a fire department or firefighting unit of any city of the first class or city of the second class, or any town, or any unincorporated rural area of this state who actively engages in the fighting of fires on either a regular or voluntary basis, or any instructor of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy, or any member of the firefighting organization of the Arkansas National Guard Robinson Maneuver Training Center or of the Arkansas National Guard Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center; (7) "Jailer" means an employee of a city, town, or county who, while engaged in official duty as a detention or transport officer, is subject to injury through contact with inmates, detainees, parolees, or probationers; (8) "Police officer" means: (A) Any law enforcement officer engaged in official duty who is a member of any regular or auxiliary police force on a full-time or part-time basis, the Division of Arkansas State Police, or any member of the law enforcement organization of the Arkansas National Guard Robinson Maneuver Training Center or of the Arkansas National Guard Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center; (B) A sheriff or deputy sheriff of a county who is engaged in official duty; or (C) A constable or night marshal of a town of this state engaged in official duty; (9) "Qualified emergency services worker" means a state, local, volunteer, and other emergency responder as defined in § 12-75-103 ; (10) "State correction employee" means an employee of the Division of Correction or the Arkansas Correctional School District who is subject to injury through contact with inmates or parolees of the Division of Correction; (11) "State highway employee" means an employee of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who is physically present on a roadway, bridge, or right-of-way of the state highway system or other public transportation facility and who is: (A) Actively engaged in highway maintenance, construction, traffic operations, or the official duties of his or her employment; or (B) Supervising, reviewing, evaluating, or inspecting highway maintenance, construction, or traffic operations; and (12) "Wildlife enforcement officer" or "game warden" means an employee of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission who actively engages, on a full-time or part-time basis, in the enforcement of the boating safety laws and regulations enacted for the protection of game, fish, fur-bearing animals, and other wildlife of the State of Arkansas.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 852,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 852,§ 9, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 493,§ 8, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 767,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1000, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 999, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 998, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 73, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1058,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2013, No. 543,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1969, No. 43, § 1; 1973, No. 399, § 1; 1977, No. 812, § 1; 1977, No. 936, § 1; 1981, No. 437, § 1; 1981, No. 890, § 1; 1985, No. 839, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-2347; Acts 1987, No. 349, § 1; 1987, No. 404, § 1; 1991, No. 409, § 1; 1997, No. 547, § 1; 2001, No. 113, § 4.