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Arkansas Laws and Rules related to School Health

•  Act 395 of 1977, Emergency First Aid Personnel  (ACA 6-17-102)

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• Act 436 of 1983, Insect Sting Emergency Treatment Act (ACA 20-13-401 through ACA 20-13-407)

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• Act 603 of 2003. Requires public schools to create a Parental Involvement Plan.
• Act 999 of 2003. An Act to revise the religious exemption to school immunization requirements.
• Act 1039 of 2003. An act to amend the Child Maltreatment Act.
• Act 1220 of 2003. Child Health Advisory Committee
• A.C.A. 6-18-706. School Nurse-to-student ratio 1:750

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• Act 1438 of 2005. Mandates eye and vision screening procedures for children.
  • Arkansas Department of Education Rules Governing Eye and Vision Screening Report in Arkansas Public Schools
• Act 1694 of 2005. The Asthma and Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Act.
  • Guidelines for Implementation of Act 1694.

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• Act 8 of 2006. The Clean Indoor Air Act.
• Act 13 of 2006.The Arkansas Protection from Secondhand Smoke for Children Act.

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• Act 138 of 2007. An act to continue the Arkansas Commission on Eye and Vision Care of school age children and create the school-age children eye and vision care fund
• Act 201 of 2007, An act to repeal the requirement that school districts must provide to parents an annual body mass index report on each student.
  • Arkansas Department of Education Rules Governing Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards and Body Mass Index for Age Assessment Protocols in Arkansas Public Schools (August 2007).
• Act 317 of 2007. An act providing increased academic instruction time in public schools and limits physical activity requirements for public school students.
• Act 462 of 2007. An act to raise the age of enrollment for entering kindergarten students.
• Act 1598 of 2007. The Arkansas Automatic External Defibrillator Act of 2007.
  • Considerations when purchasing AEDs for schools

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• Act 496 of 2009. "The Anthony Hobbs III Act" to Create School-Based Automatic External Defibrillators and CardioPulmonary Resuscitation Programs.

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• Scoliosis Rules and Regulations November 2007 Arkansas Department of Health
• IMMUNIZATIONS Ark. Code Annotated 6-18-701
• Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Kindergarten through 12th Grade Immunizations 2004 Arkansas Department of Education
• Rules and Regulations for Immunization Requirements August 5, 2009, Arkansas Department of Health
• Rules and Regulations for Kindergarten Physical Screenings
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards
• Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Communicable Diseases
  • Amendment to the Rules for Communicable Diseases (Tuberculosis)