Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113)
Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113)
Chapter 13 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 20-13-101 — 20-13-1805)
Subchapter 15 - PROTECTION FROM LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE (§§ 20-13-1501 — 20-13-1502)
Section 20-13-1502 - Possible exposure of emergency response workers to airborne or blood-borne diseases - Testing

• (a)
  • (1) Consent is not required for a healthcare provider or healthcare facility to test an individual for an airborne or blood-borne disease when a healthcare provider, an employee of a healthcare facility, or an emergency response worker has a type of contact with an individual that may transmit an airborne or blood-borne disease, as determined by a physician in his or her medical judgment.
  • (2) The results of the tests authorized under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be provided by the physician ordering the tests to the affected healthcare provider's physician or the employee's physician and to the physician of the individual who was tested.

• (b)
  • (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person who performs a test under subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for doing so.
  • (2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person who discloses a test result in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 253,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.

Acts 2009, No. 1185, § 1; 2011, No. 1121, § 2.