§ 25-43-802 — State entities transferred to Department of Health

Arkansas § 25-43-802

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 25

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(a) The administrative functions of the following state entities are transferred to the Department of Health by a cabinet-level department transfer: (1) The Advisory Board for Interpreters between Hearing Individuals and Individuals who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf, created under § 20-14-804 ; (2) The Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, created under § 20-9-1204 ; (3) The Advisory Council to the Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force, created under § 20-77-1607 [repealed]; (4) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians, created under § 17-89-201 ; (5) The Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling, created under § 17-27-201 ; (6) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers, created under § 17-84-201 ; (7) The Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine, created under § 17-96-201 ; (8) The Arkansas Commission for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative, created under § 20-8-505 ; (9) The Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board, created under § 17-83-201 ; (10) The Arkansas Minority Health Commission, created under § 20-2-102 ; (11) The Arkansas Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Advisory Board, created under § 17-107-201 ; (12) The Arkansas Psychology Board, created under § 17-97-201 ; (13) The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board, created under § 17-103-201 ; (14) The Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission, created under § 20-8-202 ; (15) The Arkansas State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques, created under § 17-102-201 ; (16) The Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training, created under § 17-93-404 ; (17) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, created under § 17-81-201 ; (18) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners, created under § 17-82-201 ; (19) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing, created under § 17-87-201 ; (20) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, created under § 17-92-201 ; (21) The Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy, created under § 17-93-201 ; (22) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians, created under § 17-43-201 ; (23) The Arkansas State Medical Board, created under § 17-95-301 ; (24) The Arkansas Suicide Prevention Council, created under § 20-45-302 [repealed]; (25) The Arkansas Surgeon General, created under § 25-43-806 ; (26) The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission, created under § 19-12-117 ; (27) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, created under § 17-100-201 ; (28) The Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board, created under § 20-15-1304 ; (29) The Cervical Cancer Task Force, created under § 20-9-1102 ; (30) The Child Health Advisory Committee, created under § 20-7-133 ; (31) The Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee, created under § 17-26-201 ; (32) The Committee of Plumbing Examiners, created under § 17-38-202 ; (33) The Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee, created under § 17-51-104 ; (34) The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, created under § 20-13-205 ; (35) The Health Services Permit Agency, created under § 20-8-104 ; (36) The Health Services Permit Commission, created under § 20-8-102 ; (37) The Marine Sanitation Advisory Committee, created under § 27-101-405 ; (38) The Massage Therapy Technical Advisory Committee, created under § 17-86-201 ; (39) The Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee, created under § 17-106-104 ; (40) The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee, created under § 20-7-605 ; (41) The Prescriptive Authority Advisory Committee, created under § 17-87-205 ; (42) The State Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, created under § 17-27-404 ; (43) The State Board of Optometry, created under § 17-90-201 ; (44) The State Board of Health, created under § 20-7-102 ; (45) The State Hospice Office, created under § 20-7-117 ; (46) The State Kidney Disease Commission, created under § 20-15-602 ; (47) [Repealed.] (48) The Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, created under § 19-12-113 ; and (49) The Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board, created under § 20-15-1503 . (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, a cabinet-level department transfer under subsection (a) of this section includes all state entities under a state entity transferred to the Department of Health under subsection (a) of this section, including without limitation a division, office, program, or other unit of a state entity transferred to the Department of Health under subsection (a) of this section. (c) Unless otherwise provided by law, a state entity whose administrative functions have been transferred to the Department of Health under subsection (a) of this section shall otherwise continue to exercise the duties of the state entity under the administration of the cabinet-level Department of Health in the same manner as before the creation of the cabinet-level department.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 365,§ 81, eff. 7/1/2023. Added by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4828, eff. 7/1/2019.