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Arkansas Laws and Rules related to School Health

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1977

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

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1983

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

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2000

• Rules and Regulations Pertaining To General Sanitation (ADH, November 2000).
• Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Management of Medical Waste from Generators and Health Care Related Facilities (ADH, July 2000)
  • Approved Medical Waste Transporters in Arkansas (ADH)
  • Commissioner's Memo for Medical Waste in Arkansas Schools (ADE, LS-12-004, July 11, 2011)

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2003

• 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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2005

• Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Communicable Diseases (ADH, August 2005).
  

• 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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2006

• 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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2007

• 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

• Scoliosis Rules and Regulations November 2007 Arkansas Department of Health

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2009

• Act 496 of 2009. "The Anthony Hobbs III Act" to Create School-Based Automatic External Defibrillators and CardioPulmonary Resuscitation Programs.
  • Rules Governing School-Based Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Devices and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Programs in Arkansas Public Schools  (ADE 2010)  PDF
    

• Rules and Regulations for Immunization Requirements August 5, 2009, Arkansas Department of Health

• Rules Pertaining to: The Control of Communicable Diseases-Tuberculosis (ADH 2009)

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2010

• 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 Kindergarten Physical Screenings

 

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2011

• Act 1204 of 2011. A.C.A. 17-87-103.

  • Arkansas Department of Education Emergency Rules Governing the Administration of Glucagon to Arkansas Public School Students Suffering from Type 1 Diabetes.
  • Arkansas State Board of Nursing Rules, Chapter 9, Glucagon Administration.

 

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